Candidate‐centered electoral systems create incentives for MPs to cultivate a personal vote
among their constituents, which in turn should strengthen geographical representation …

The policy-responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled expectations about potential
paradigmatic change in European Economic Governance (EEG). Building on existing …

This article uses the concept of policy polarisation to understand the short and conflictual life
of the Conte I cabinet which remained in office in Italy from June 2018 to September 2019 …

The use of artificial intelligence in government and its implications to society have generated
widespread interest from research and practice communities. However, the analysis of …

Institutional frictions ruling the public budget narrow a government's possibilities to
implement its electoral stances and policy preferences. At the same time, parties …

This article examines the administrative reform proposals of the European Commission by
analyzing the Country Specific Recommendations–CSRs addressed to Italy within the …

What is the actual scope and purpose of budgetary policy? The budget policy has been long
considered an essential element of democratic representation, but at the same time it has …

Is budgeting policy still a purely national matter or have things changed lately? In the past
decades, public budgeting of European countries has been subject both to the pre …

Does the Italian budget policy follow a punctuated pattern with mostly tiny adjustments
interrupted by radical but sporadic changes? This chapter tests the punctuated equilibrium …

This article uses the concept of policy polarisation to understand the short and conflictual life
of the Conte I cabinet which remained in office in Italy from June 2018 to September 2019 …