Parliamentary democracy has been widely embraced bypoliticians and especially by the
scholarly communitybut remains less widely understood. In this essay, Iidentify the …

Two main career paths are prevalent among politicians in modern democracies: there are
career politicians (ie, politicians who work in the political sector until retirement), and political …

This article analyzes the political determinants of the distribution of infrastructure
expenditures by the Italian government to the country's 92 provinces between 1953 and …

This article examines the relationship between the legislature and the public administration
in postwar Italy (understood as the period from about 1948 through 1994). Italian public …

In all western democracies today we have a group of professional politicians who, in Max
Weber's memorable terms, do not only live “for politics”—like the old notables used to—but …

Dieses Buch faẞt meine theoretisch-konzeptionellen Überlegungen zum prekären
Verhältnis von politischer Professionalisierung und repräsentativer Demokratie zusammen …

Parliaments in the Modern World presents the case that these legislative bodies-long
characterized as institutionalized and therefore static-are in fact changing at a surprising …

This title was first published in 2000: A guide to the changing place of political parties within
the Italian political system, seeking to shed light on how the parties operate and their role in …

Party government in Italy: Achievements and prospects Page 210 Party Government in Italy:
Achievements and Prospects GIANFRANCO PASQUINO Contents I. Introduction II. The …

We study the recruitment of individuals in the political sector. We propose an equilibrium
model of political recruitment by two political parties competing in an election. We show that …