A traditionalist pattern of morality politics in the Italian parliament

The Case of Same-Sex Civil Partnerships

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6420482
AutoresMassimo Prearo (0000-0003-3844-7169, University of Verona, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas336-354
Fecha de publicación2024-03-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaContemporary Italian Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2324-8823 • E-ISSN: 2324-8831
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23248823.2024.2333628
OpenAlexW4393278414
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas54

This article analyses the Italian parliamentary debate on the Same-sex Civil Partnerships (SSP) bill, highlighting a 'traditionalist' pattern in Italy's morality politics. It investigates the multifaceted arguments brought to the debate, revealing a range of stances within and across parties. The study emphasizes a shift from religious justifications to post-materialist argumentative frames deployed by MPs to influence the highly conflictual negotiation process in a context of external and internal pressures. It posits that the traditionalist model in Italian morality politics is defined by a complex array of argumentative framing strategies that transcend party lines. This approach is pivotal in understanding the nuanced legislative outcome of the SSP bill – falling, strictly speaking, neither into the category of success nor into the category of failure – which recognized same-sex partnerships but fell short of equating them with marriage (notably excluding same-sex parenting and filiation rights) and preventing them from being recognized as families

Civil society · Morality · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Policy and Reform Studies