Paolo Gambacciani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4378297 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paolo Gambacciani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paolo |
| FAMILY NAME | Gambacciani |
| SIGNATURE | GAMBACCIANI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6356-1081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How party ideology and constituency risk shape MPs’ speeches on climate change
This article examines the impact of party ideology and constituency characteristics on MPs’ speeches on climate change. Rather than treating this issue as a ‘broad umbrella’, the article distinguishes two within-issue categories: Specific Impacts, referring to immediate, local consequences and distributive relief, and Systemic Responses, encompassing long-term mitigation and adaptation. Using automated text analysis on speeches of Italy’s 18th le…
Strategic roles and career outcomes
This article empirically tests Kaare Strøm’s strategic approach to role theory, assessing whether MPs’ role choices correlate with their subsequent career outcomes. Strøm defines a parliamentary role as a “consistent pattern of political behavior” that functions as “an endogenous prescription” for how parliamentarians “may operate to maximize the likelihood of whatever political career outcomes they favor.” From this perspective, deputies strateg…
Reduced incentives, reduced party unity
This article examines how reductions in individual legislators’ political incentives affect their relationship with their party in a party-centered environment. We develop a principal-agent framework to argue that the absence of re-election incentives and diminishing prospects of attaining higher legislative offices increase the likelihood of agency loss, manifested in weaker adherence to party positions in parliamentary speeches. We hypothesize …
Italy’s right turn. A spatial analysis of party competition in the 2022 Italian national election
The study examines the 2022 Italian election, where the Brothers of Italy (FDI) surged from 4 per cent to 26 per cent of the vote. Using a spatial model and expert survey data, it analyses the policy shifts of FDI and other parties from 2013 to 2022. The findings indicate that FDI’s radical positions on cultural issues, particularly the EU and immigration, were key to its success. Additionally, internal policy divisions within the centre-left par…
The politics of legislative term limits
This article comparatively analyses democratic countries that have adopted legislative term limits. Its central argument is that these reforms constitute a form of symbolic politics. Proponents advance them either to demonstrate a commitment to governmental alternation (symbolic constitutionalism) or to address public calls for political renewal (populist constitutionalism). The article theorizes that such reforms are more prevalent in contexts c…
Governments and parliaments in a state of emergency
What happens in a state of emergency that is prolonged and unrelated to security with respect to the powers afforded to or used by the executive, checks and balances, and cooperation between the government, parliament, and sub-national authorities? This article investigates the variation in 'executive aggrandisement' (a temporary reduction in influence and oversight capacity of formal institutions vis-à-vis the executive) during the COVID-19 pand…
Waving the same flag? Government legislation and obstructionism during the Covid-19 crisis in Italy
This study examines the amendatory activities of the majority and opposition parties in the Italian 18th legislature (2018–2022) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Following the rally around the flag hypothesis, we test whether both sides exhibited similar legislative behaviour during emergencies. We exploit an original database covering amendments tabled by Italian legislators on bills converting decree-laws. Results reveal that the CO…
Term limits in parliament and electoral disconnection
This article examines the relationship between term limits in parliament and “electoral disconnection,” the notion that legislators constrained in their ability to run for office face diminished incentives to perform strategic activities to boost their chances of securing candidacy and re-election. We leverage the case of the Italian Five Star Movement’s party-imposed limit of two terms for affiliates seeking to gain or retain a parliamentary sea…
Rational and ambitious legislators? Role theory, between open questions and new applicability
Role theory utilizes sociological and political science tools to study parliamentary functioning and parliamentarians’ behavior. While scholars in the USA (1960–70) and Europe (1990–2010) have extensively applied it, this review focuses on its enduring theoretical validity. It introduces a role choice typology, categorizing parliamentarians in empirical studies. The analysis highlights role theory strengths and weaknesses, highlighting that the g…
Governments and parliaments in a state of emergency
What happens in a state of emergency that is prolonged and unrelated to security with respect to the powers afforded to or used by the executive, checks and balances, and cooperation between the government, parliament, and sub-national authorities? This article investigates the variation in 'executive aggrandisement' (a temporary reduction in influence and oversight capacity of formal institutions vis-à-vis the executive) during the COVID-19 pand…
Italy’s right turn. A spatial analysis of party competition in the 2022 Italian national election
The study examines the 2022 Italian election, where the Brothers of Italy (FDI) surged from 4 per cent to 26 per cent of the vote. Using a spatial model and expert survey data, it analyses the policy shifts of FDI and other parties from 2013 to 2022. The findings indicate that FDI’s radical positions on cultural issues, particularly the EU and immigration, were key to its success. Additionally, internal policy divisions within the centre-left par…
Term limits in parliament and electoral disconnection
This article examines the relationship between term limits in parliament and “electoral disconnection,” the notion that legislators constrained in their ability to run for office face diminished incentives to perform strategic activities to boost their chances of securing candidacy and re-election. We leverage the case of the Italian Five Star Movement’s party-imposed limit of two terms for affiliates seeking to gain or retain a parliamentary sea…
Rational and ambitious legislators? Role theory, between open questions and new applicability
Role theory utilizes sociological and political science tools to study parliamentary functioning and parliamentarians’ behavior. While scholars in the USA (1960–70) and Europe (1990–2010) have extensively applied it, this review focuses on its enduring theoretical validity. It introduces a role choice typology, categorizing parliamentarians in empirical studies. The analysis highlights role theory strengths and weaknesses, highlighting that the g…
Rational and ambitious legislators? Role theory, between open questions and new applicability
Role theory utilizes sociological and political science tools to study parliamentary functioning and parliamentarians’ behavior. While scholars in the USA (1960–70) and Europe (1990–2010) have extensively applied it, this review focuses on its enduring theoretical validity. It introduces a role choice typology, categorizing parliamentarians in empirical studies. The analysis highlights role theory strengths and weaknesses, highlighting that the g…
Italy’s right turn. A spatial analysis of party competition in the 2022 Italian national election
The study examines the 2022 Italian election, where the Brothers of Italy (FDI) surged from 4 per cent to 26 per cent of the vote. Using a spatial model and expert survey data, it analyses the policy shifts of FDI and other parties from 2013 to 2022. The findings indicate that FDI’s radical positions on cultural issues, particularly the EU and immigration, were key to its success. Additionally, internal policy divisions within the centre-left par…
The politics of legislative term limits
This article comparatively analyses democratic countries that have adopted legislative term limits. Its central argument is that these reforms constitute a form of symbolic politics. Proponents advance them either to demonstrate a commitment to governmental alternation (symbolic constitutionalism) or to address public calls for political renewal (populist constitutionalism). The article theorizes that such reforms are more prevalent in contexts c…
Governments and parliaments in a state of emergency
What happens in a state of emergency that is prolonged and unrelated to security with respect to the powers afforded to or used by the executive, checks and balances, and cooperation between the government, parliament, and sub-national authorities? This article investigates the variation in 'executive aggrandisement' (a temporary reduction in influence and oversight capacity of formal institutions vis-à-vis the executive) during the COVID-19 pand…
Waving the same flag? Government legislation and obstructionism during the Covid-19 crisis in Italy
This study examines the amendatory activities of the majority and opposition parties in the Italian 18th legislature (2018–2022) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Following the rally around the flag hypothesis, we test whether both sides exhibited similar legislative behaviour during emergencies. We exploit an original database covering amendments tabled by Italian legislators on bills converting decree-laws. Results reveal that the CO…
Term limits in parliament and electoral disconnection
This article examines the relationship between term limits in parliament and “electoral disconnection,” the notion that legislators constrained in their ability to run for office face diminished incentives to perform strategic activities to boost their chances of securing candidacy and re-election. We leverage the case of the Italian Five Star Movement’s party-imposed limit of two terms for affiliates seeking to gain or retain a parliamentary sea…
How party ideology and constituency risk shape MPs’ speeches on climate change
This article examines the impact of party ideology and constituency characteristics on MPs’ speeches on climate change. Rather than treating this issue as a ‘broad umbrella’, the article distinguishes two within-issue categories: Specific Impacts, referring to immediate, local consequences and distributive relief, and Systemic Responses, encompassing long-term mitigation and adaptation. Using automated text analysis on speeches of Italy’s 18th le…
Strategic roles and career outcomes
This article empirically tests Kaare Strøm’s strategic approach to role theory, assessing whether MPs’ role choices correlate with their subsequent career outcomes. Strøm defines a parliamentary role as a “consistent pattern of political behavior” that functions as “an endogenous prescription” for how parliamentarians “may operate to maximize the likelihood of whatever political career outcomes they favor.” From this perspective, deputies strateg…
Reduced incentives, reduced party unity
This article examines how reductions in individual legislators’ political incentives affect their relationship with their party in a party-centered environment. We develop a principal-agent framework to argue that the absence of re-election incentives and diminishing prospects of attaining higher legislative offices increase the likelihood of agency loss, manifested in weaker adherence to party positions in parliamentary speeches. We hypothesize …
Politics (6 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Legislature (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (2 works) · Economics (2 works)