Gianluca Piccolino
Biographic Data
| ID | 4165586 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gianluca Piccolino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gianluca |
| FAMILY NAME | Piccolino |
| SIGNATURE | PICCOLINO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florence |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2877-7052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Culture Trumps Class and Place
Using original survey data from seven Western European countries, this article investigates which social conflicts populist radical right parties (PRRPs) represent. Methodologically, it innovates by measuring individuals’ positions within conflicts combined with the importance they attach to them, capturing both attitudinal alignment and salience. The analysis tests whether traditional cleavages or new conflicts related to globalisation and cultu…
Convergence, radicalisation, or ideological sorting? Exploring alignment patterns between radical and centre-right voters in Italy
Twenty thousand leagues below the Po
Giorgia on their minds
In the context of the ongoing deinstitutionalisation of the Italian party system, Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) emerged as the most voted-for party in the 2022 general election. Although previous studies categorised FdI as a populist radical right (PRR) party, no research has so far been conducted on its voters. We examine whether the traditional explanations for the rise of PRR parties also apply to FdI. We develop a theoretical argument suggesting th…
The government–parliament relationship in times of pandemic
The relationship between parliaments and governments during the Covid-19 pandemic has been closely examined by various disciplines, which have typically analysed data on the laws and procedures enforced to manage the emergency. This literature generally agrees that the government dominated the management of the pandemic, often at the expense of parliamentary prerogatives. However, such data may not be sufficiently detailed to fully grasp some nua…
Some Are More Equal than Others
The literature has paid little attention to the interactions between parties belonging to the same party family operating in the same political system. We introduce a novel framework to study competition among these actors, which we label as ‘mirror parties’. We expect that these parties primarily engage in ‘ideologically peripheral competition’, by aligning on core issues while differentiating on non‐core ones. We test this framework on twenty‐n…
Ideological drivers of participatory democracy in Europe
Empirical literature regarding which actors support the most participatory democracy is surprisingly scarce. Discussing the core ideological features of populist and post-materialist-centred parties, we expect that these parties emphasise participatory democracy more than their competitors. Additionally, populist parties should embody a monist demand for greater participatory democracy, while post-materialist-centred (PMC) parties should advocate…
Right-wing victory in the 2022 Italian parliamentary election
The snap election held in September 2022 saw the victory of the right-wing coalition, with a remarkable performance of the populist radical right party Fratelli d’Italia and its leader, Giorgia Meloni, who has become the first female Prime Minister of the country. Another unprecedented element concerns participation, which was the lowest in post-war Italy for a national election. Throughout this article, we first shed light on the background of t…
Back to the Post-Fascist Past or Landing in the Populist Radical Right? The Brothers of Italy Between Continuity and Change
Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) is the new rising star of Italian politics. Scholars and pundits briskly categorised it as a (new) populist radical right (PRR) party. Still, FdI’s newness needs to be properly framed. A splinter party of the Popolo della Libertà, it claims a direct lineage with the Alleanza Nazionale–two cases not easily agglutinated into the PRR family. The article analyses the (dis)continuity associated with FdI, examining ideology, org…
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most populist of them all? A comparison of League and Five Star Movement voters
The article investigates the voting determinants for government partners of the first populist government in Western Europe, the first Conte cabinet. Although the Five Star Movement (FSM) and the League share a common populist root, they differ in their ideological morphology: the FSM embodies an almost pure populism with inclusionary tendencies, while the League expresses an exclusionary populism clearly anchored to the Right. The article explor…
Back to the Post-Fascist Past or Landing in the Populist Radical Right? The Brothers of Italy Between Continuity and Change
Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) is the new rising star of Italian politics. Scholars and pundits briskly categorised it as a (new) populist radical right (PRR) party. Still, FdI’s newness needs to be properly framed. A splinter party of the Popolo della Libertà, it claims a direct lineage with the Alleanza Nazionale–two cases not easily agglutinated into the PRR family. The article analyses the (dis)continuity associated with FdI, examining ideology, org…
Giorgia on their minds
In the context of the ongoing deinstitutionalisation of the Italian party system, Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) emerged as the most voted-for party in the 2022 general election. Although previous studies categorised FdI as a populist radical right (PRR) party, no research has so far been conducted on its voters. We examine whether the traditional explanations for the rise of PRR parties also apply to FdI. We develop a theoretical argument suggesting th…
Right-wing victory in the 2022 Italian parliamentary election
The snap election held in September 2022 saw the victory of the right-wing coalition, with a remarkable performance of the populist radical right party Fratelli d’Italia and its leader, Giorgia Meloni, who has become the first female Prime Minister of the country. Another unprecedented element concerns participation, which was the lowest in post-war Italy for a national election. Throughout this article, we first shed light on the background of t…
Ideological drivers of participatory democracy in Europe
Empirical literature regarding which actors support the most participatory democracy is surprisingly scarce. Discussing the core ideological features of populist and post-materialist-centred parties, we expect that these parties emphasise participatory democracy more than their competitors. Additionally, populist parties should embody a monist demand for greater participatory democracy, while post-materialist-centred (PMC) parties should advocate…
Back to the Post-Fascist Past or Landing in the Populist Radical Right? The Brothers of Italy Between Continuity and Change
Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) is the new rising star of Italian politics. Scholars and pundits briskly categorised it as a (new) populist radical right (PRR) party. Still, FdI’s newness needs to be properly framed. A splinter party of the Popolo della Libertà, it claims a direct lineage with the Alleanza Nazionale–two cases not easily agglutinated into the PRR family. The article analyses the (dis)continuity associated with FdI, examining ideology, org…
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most populist of them all? A comparison of League and Five Star Movement voters
The article investigates the voting determinants for government partners of the first populist government in Western Europe, the first Conte cabinet. Although the Five Star Movement (FSM) and the League share a common populist root, they differ in their ideological morphology: the FSM embodies an almost pure populism with inclusionary tendencies, while the League expresses an exclusionary populism clearly anchored to the Right. The article explor…
Ideological drivers of participatory democracy in Europe
Empirical literature regarding which actors support the most participatory democracy is surprisingly scarce. Discussing the core ideological features of populist and post-materialist-centred parties, we expect that these parties emphasise participatory democracy more than their competitors. Additionally, populist parties should embody a monist demand for greater participatory democracy, while post-materialist-centred (PMC) parties should advocate…
Right-wing victory in the 2022 Italian parliamentary election
The snap election held in September 2022 saw the victory of the right-wing coalition, with a remarkable performance of the populist radical right party Fratelli d’Italia and its leader, Giorgia Meloni, who has become the first female Prime Minister of the country. Another unprecedented element concerns participation, which was the lowest in post-war Italy for a national election. Throughout this article, we first shed light on the background of t…
Convergence, radicalisation, or ideological sorting? Exploring alignment patterns between radical and centre-right voters in Italy
Twenty thousand leagues below the Po
Giorgia on their minds
In the context of the ongoing deinstitutionalisation of the Italian party system, Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) emerged as the most voted-for party in the 2022 general election. Although previous studies categorised FdI as a populist radical right (PRR) party, no research has so far been conducted on its voters. We examine whether the traditional explanations for the rise of PRR parties also apply to FdI. We develop a theoretical argument suggesting th…
The government–parliament relationship in times of pandemic
The relationship between parliaments and governments during the Covid-19 pandemic has been closely examined by various disciplines, which have typically analysed data on the laws and procedures enforced to manage the emergency. This literature generally agrees that the government dominated the management of the pandemic, often at the expense of parliamentary prerogatives. However, such data may not be sufficiently detailed to fully grasp some nua…
Some Are More Equal than Others
The literature has paid little attention to the interactions between parties belonging to the same party family operating in the same political system. We introduce a novel framework to study competition among these actors, which we label as ‘mirror parties’. We expect that these parties primarily engage in ‘ideologically peripheral competition’, by aligning on core issues while differentiating on non‐core ones. We test this framework on twenty‐n…
Culture Trumps Class and Place
Using original survey data from seven Western European countries, this article investigates which social conflicts populist radical right parties (PRRPs) represent. Methodologically, it innovates by measuring individuals’ positions within conflicts combined with the importance they attach to them, capturing both attitudinal alignment and salience. The analysis tests whether traditional cleavages or new conflicts related to globalisation and cultu…
Politics (8 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (6 works) · Ideology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)