Mark Donovan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Donovan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Donovan |
| SIGNATURE | DONOVAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6606-5518 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
In Defence of Political Parties: A Symposium on Jonathan White and Lea Ypi’s The Meaning of Partisanship
Over the past 10 years, the literature on the normative dimensions of partisanship and party politics has rapidly grown. Yet, however rich and diverse, this literature lacked so far a single text able to comprehensively map the contours of the existing debates and, at the same time, open up a range of future research avenues. Jonathan White and Lea Ypi’s The Meaning of Partisanship does an excellent job at fulfilling both tasks. First, it offers …
Addressing Professional Competency Problems in Clinical Psychology Trainees
ObjectiveClinical psychology trainees with problems of professional competence (PPC) continue to be a challenge for courses. Despite the rapid development of competency‐based training models, the impact of this shift to the identification and management of professional competency problems is unclear. This project aims to describe how clinical psychology trainees with PPC are identified and managed within the Australian and New Zealand context.Met…
Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi
Berlusconi's impact and legacy: Political parties and the party system
Silvio Berlusconi impacted massively on Italy's party politics. He restructured the right via Forza Italia and the People of Freedom co-creating a bipolar party system whilst championing a radical personalisation of politics. The new party system appeared to rotate around him, creating an unusual version of ‘moderate pluralism’. Thus, whilst there was government alternation, there was also gladiatorial confrontation more typical of ‘polarised plu…
The invention of bipolar politics in Italy
(2011). The invention of bipolar politics in Italy. The Italianist: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 62-78
Postseparation parenting educatiOn in a Family Relationship Centre: A pilot study exploring the impact on perceived parent-child relationship and acrimony
This research investigated whether 31 parents who attended the Sydney City Family Relationship Centre experienced improvement in parent–child relationship and a decrease in parental acrimony following a brief postseparation parenting education program. It was hypothesized that the results would indicate an improvement in parents’ perceived parent–child relationship six to ten weeks after the postseparation parenting education program and this was…
The ‘centre’ between structure and agency: The Italian case
It is widely accepted, among political scientists at least, that Italy's so-called ‘First Republic’ (c.1946–1994) had a tripolar party system while the ‘Second Republic’ has had, at least until 2008, a fragmented bipolar one. A superior conceptualisation of the party system of the ‘First Republic’ was provided by Paolo Farneti, and it remains relevant both for a better understanding of the current party system and for exploring party system dynam…
Centrism in Italian politics
Recent developments, especially the outcome of the 2008 election, appear to point to the definitive sidelining of centrism in Italian politics. In reality, it remains significant – not least because of the opportunities for influence all bipolar systems give to parties not of the left or right, and because of the possible consequences of reassessments of centrism's historical significance. The term itself has been used to denote a kind of politic…
Berlusconi, strong government and the Italian state
Over the past decade, state capacity has increased at all levels, including that of central government, and the emergence of effective government in Italy has proved popular. A second trend has been the reassertion of party government since 1996. Given these two trends, the large parliamentary majority obtained by Silvio Berlusconi's alliance, the Casa delle LibertÀ, might be expected to result in strong party government. In fact, Berlusconi's tr…
The Italian state: No longer Catholic, no longer Christian
A Second Republic for Italy
Radical change in the representative dimension of Italy's political system was expected to bring a transition to a ‘Second Republic’ in Italy. That has not happened. Nevertheless, after three consultations using the new parliamentary electoral system, studies focusing on the ‘input’ side of Italian politics are beginning to agree that substantial change has occurred. It is, however, too early to identify the extent of change in public administrat…
Writing National Histories: Western Europe Since 1800
Changing electoral politics: The local level
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A new republic in Italy? The May 2001 election
Political leadership in Italy: Towards a plebiscitary democracy
Following the collapse of the ‘First Republic’, political leadership has become both more technocratic and more charismatic. Constitutional reform of a presidential type, which would reinforce this dual trend, has come near to being effected. This paper argues that organizational changes in the main political parties bring them close to being able to participate in such a system. It also argues that a plebiscitary form of constitutional democracy…
A turning point that turned? The April 1996 general election in Italy
Electoral Reform in Italy
The author sees Italy's 1993 electoral reforms as the result of exceptional circumstances not generally present elsewhere
The Referendum and the Transformation of the Party System
Wholesale party system transformation is exceedingly rare. Indeed, in taking place within a broadly democratic framework and independently of constitutional change Italy's experience is probably unique. This paper argues that the referendums of 1991 and 1993, and the mobilization of the electorate from early 1990 associated with them, played a significant and not always well understood role in the transformation of the Italian party system
The Politics of Electoral Reform in Italy
Italy's 1993 electoral reforms were forced on parliament, and on the dominant party elites, by elite outsiders using the referendum instrument. The resultant parliamentary electoral system was the product neither of a rational process of institutional engineering nor even of conflicting party strategies. Whilst parliament was forced to legislate, the established parties were unable to reassert control over the reform process even during its final…
The 1994 election in Italy: Normalisation or continuing exceptionalism
A party system in transformation: The April 1992 Italian election
Party strategy and centre domination in Italy
The 1987 election in Italy: Prelude to reform
The Politics of Electoral Reform in Italy
Italy's 1993 electoral reforms were forced on parliament, and on the dominant party elites, by elite outsiders using the referendum instrument. The resultant parliamentary electoral system was the product neither of a rational process of institutional engineering nor even of conflicting party strategies. Whilst parliament was forced to legislate, the established parties were unable to reassert control over the reform process even during its final…
The Italian state: No longer Catholic, no longer Christian
A party system in transformation: The April 1992 Italian election
Addressing Professional Competency Problems in Clinical Psychology Trainees
ObjectiveClinical psychology trainees with problems of professional competence (PPC) continue to be a challenge for courses. Despite the rapid development of competency‐based training models, the impact of this shift to the identification and management of professional competency problems is unclear. This project aims to describe how clinical psychology trainees with PPC are identified and managed within the Australian and New Zealand context.Met…
Electoral Reform in Italy
The author sees Italy's 1993 electoral reforms as the result of exceptional circumstances not generally present elsewhere
The 1987 election in Italy: Prelude to reform
In Defence of Political Parties: A Symposium on Jonathan White and Lea Ypi’s The Meaning of Partisanship
Over the past 10 years, the literature on the normative dimensions of partisanship and party politics has rapidly grown. Yet, however rich and diverse, this literature lacked so far a single text able to comprehensively map the contours of the existing debates and, at the same time, open up a range of future research avenues. Jonathan White and Lea Ypi’s The Meaning of Partisanship does an excellent job at fulfilling both tasks. First, it offers …
Berlusconi, strong government and the Italian state
Over the past decade, state capacity has increased at all levels, including that of central government, and the emergence of effective government in Italy has proved popular. A second trend has been the reassertion of party government since 1996. Given these two trends, the large parliamentary majority obtained by Silvio Berlusconi's alliance, the Casa delle LibertÀ, might be expected to result in strong party government. In fact, Berlusconi's tr…
A Second Republic for Italy
Radical change in the representative dimension of Italy's political system was expected to bring a transition to a ‘Second Republic’ in Italy. That has not happened. Nevertheless, after three consultations using the new parliamentary electoral system, studies focusing on the ‘input’ side of Italian politics are beginning to agree that substantial change has occurred. It is, however, too early to identify the extent of change in public administrat…
A new republic in Italy? The May 2001 election
The invention of bipolar politics in Italy
(2011). The invention of bipolar politics in Italy. The Italianist: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 62-78
A turning point that turned? The April 1996 general election in Italy
The 1994 election in Italy: Normalisation or continuing exceptionalism
Party strategy and centre domination in Italy
The 1987 election in Italy: Prelude to reform
Party strategy and centre domination in Italy
A party system in transformation: The April 1992 Italian election
The 1994 election in Italy: Normalisation or continuing exceptionalism
The Referendum and the Transformation of the Party System
Wholesale party system transformation is exceedingly rare. Indeed, in taking place within a broadly democratic framework and independently of constitutional change Italy's experience is probably unique. This paper argues that the referendums of 1991 and 1993, and the mobilization of the electorate from early 1990 associated with them, played a significant and not always well understood role in the transformation of the Italian party system
The Politics of Electoral Reform in Italy
Italy's 1993 electoral reforms were forced on parliament, and on the dominant party elites, by elite outsiders using the referendum instrument. The resultant parliamentary electoral system was the product neither of a rational process of institutional engineering nor even of conflicting party strategies. Whilst parliament was forced to legislate, the established parties were unable to reassert control over the reform process even during its final…
A turning point that turned? The April 1996 general election in Italy
Electoral Reform in Italy
The author sees Italy's 1993 electoral reforms as the result of exceptional circumstances not generally present elsewhere
Political leadership in Italy: Towards a plebiscitary democracy
Following the collapse of the ‘First Republic’, political leadership has become both more technocratic and more charismatic. Constitutional reform of a presidential type, which would reinforce this dual trend, has come near to being effected. This paper argues that organizational changes in the main political parties bring them close to being able to participate in such a system. It also argues that a plebiscitary form of constitutional democracy…
Changing electoral politics: The local level
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A new republic in Italy? The May 2001 election
Writing National Histories: Western Europe Since 1800
Berlusconi, strong government and the Italian state
Over the past decade, state capacity has increased at all levels, including that of central government, and the emergence of effective government in Italy has proved popular. A second trend has been the reassertion of party government since 1996. Given these two trends, the large parliamentary majority obtained by Silvio Berlusconi's alliance, the Casa delle LibertÀ, might be expected to result in strong party government. In fact, Berlusconi's tr…
The Italian state: No longer Catholic, no longer Christian
A Second Republic for Italy
Radical change in the representative dimension of Italy's political system was expected to bring a transition to a ‘Second Republic’ in Italy. That has not happened. Nevertheless, after three consultations using the new parliamentary electoral system, studies focusing on the ‘input’ side of Italian politics are beginning to agree that substantial change has occurred. It is, however, too early to identify the extent of change in public administrat…
The ‘centre’ between structure and agency: The Italian case
It is widely accepted, among political scientists at least, that Italy's so-called ‘First Republic’ (c.1946–1994) had a tripolar party system while the ‘Second Republic’ has had, at least until 2008, a fragmented bipolar one. A superior conceptualisation of the party system of the ‘First Republic’ was provided by Paolo Farneti, and it remains relevant both for a better understanding of the current party system and for exploring party system dynam…
Centrism in Italian politics
Recent developments, especially the outcome of the 2008 election, appear to point to the definitive sidelining of centrism in Italian politics. In reality, it remains significant – not least because of the opportunities for influence all bipolar systems give to parties not of the left or right, and because of the possible consequences of reassessments of centrism's historical significance. The term itself has been used to denote a kind of politic…
Postseparation parenting educatiOn in a Family Relationship Centre: A pilot study exploring the impact on perceived parent-child relationship and acrimony
This research investigated whether 31 parents who attended the Sydney City Family Relationship Centre experienced improvement in parent–child relationship and a decrease in parental acrimony following a brief postseparation parenting education program. It was hypothesized that the results would indicate an improvement in parents’ perceived parent–child relationship six to ten weeks after the postseparation parenting education program and this was…
The invention of bipolar politics in Italy
(2011). The invention of bipolar politics in Italy. The Italianist: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 62-78
Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi
Berlusconi's impact and legacy: Political parties and the party system
Silvio Berlusconi impacted massively on Italy's party politics. He restructured the right via Forza Italia and the People of Freedom co-creating a bipolar party system whilst championing a radical personalisation of politics. The new party system appeared to rotate around him, creating an unusual version of ‘moderate pluralism’. Thus, whilst there was government alternation, there was also gladiatorial confrontation more typical of ‘polarised plu…
Addressing Professional Competency Problems in Clinical Psychology Trainees
ObjectiveClinical psychology trainees with problems of professional competence (PPC) continue to be a challenge for courses. Despite the rapid development of competency‐based training models, the impact of this shift to the identification and management of professional competency problems is unclear. This project aims to describe how clinical psychology trainees with PPC are identified and managed within the Australian and New Zealand context.Met…
In Defence of Political Parties: A Symposium on Jonathan White and Lea Ypi’s The Meaning of Partisanship
Over the past 10 years, the literature on the normative dimensions of partisanship and party politics has rapidly grown. Yet, however rich and diverse, this literature lacked so far a single text able to comprehensively map the contours of the existing debates and, at the same time, open up a range of future research avenues. Jonathan White and Lea Ypi’s The Meaning of Partisanship does an excellent job at fulfilling both tasks. First, it offers …
Political science (20 works) · Law (16 works) · Politics (16 works) · Political economy (15 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Democracy (9 works) · Public Administration (9 works)