In a climate of widespread discontent with Italy’s political establishment, a new election might wipe out most of the parties in the current government coalition.
- Lecturer and Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University
To understand whether the referendum will plunge Italy into a crisis, we need to unpack the problem in its three essential components: the reform; the Renzi’s factor; and the country’s economy.
After 1992, the transformation of the Italian left was slow and subtle, but by no means less detrimental to the quality of the country’s democratic system.
Your victory, Mr Trump, is and always will be remembered as the best possible example of the true and incomparable wisdom of the people.
The faith Americans place on the “informed citizen” is rather misguided. There are no such things as active and fully informed citizens.
Using ARPANET was like being given a telephone and unlimited credit only to find out that the only users we can call don’t speak our language.
The idea of flexibility is an important building block of the Internet we use today. It has also made it a much more difficult environment to control.
Having begun as a military answer to a Cold War threat (the Sputnik), the ARPANET turned into a completely different kind of network.
On October 29, 1969, an experiment at UCLA sparked a communication revolution, the implications of which are still unfolding nearly five decades later.
Silvio Berlusconi’s rise to power, hand in hand with his monopoly of mainstream media, made the Internet the favourite harbour for nonaligned audiences and dissident voices.
The strengthening of civil society during the last two decades is probably one of the most unpredicted consequences of Berlusconi’s legacy.
This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies…
1992 was one of the worst years in Italy’s recent history: mafia’s bombs, corruption scandals and the rise of Berlusconi to power.
What if, then, come November 8, millions of Americans cast a different vote? What if, come November 8, Americans decide to take the road less travelled?
In the wake of the Brexit result, the Five Star Movement victory in Italy’s local elections is not great news for the European Union.
The first two stops in the travelling show called the Next American President did not lack entertainment. There were four different winners and plenty to talk about: some of the candidates cried foul…
This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies…
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Since June, thanks to the information disclosed by National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, a troubling truth has come to light. The internet, and with it the entire gamut of new communication…
On Wednesday evening, the Italian Senate forced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to step down as a senator. In typical Italian fashion, the day of reckoning for Berlusconi lasted almost four months…
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