Arianna Piacentini
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arianna Piacentini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arianna |
| FAMILY NAME | Piacentini |
| SIGNATURE | PIACENTINI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8522-3697 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Assessing public sphere influence on political attitudes across generations: A mixed-methods study of generational political structuring in Italy
We present a project investigating the impact of social media on ideological structuring of political attitudes in a generational perspective, with Italy (around the 2024 European Parliament elections) as a case study. We introduce an innovative mixed-methods, sequential, quantitative-driven, multi-stage design combining surveys, qualitative interviews, and social media data, which effectively integrates qualitative and quantitative components to…
Stuck in the Past: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Enduring Struggle with a Fractured Legacy
It has been over 25 years since the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended, yet the country is still considered to be in crisis and political conflict. The political system established through the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 has brought peace but has failed to resolve underlying tensions between power-hungry ethnic patrimonial elites and the strengthening of democracy, rule of law, and economic development. At the same time, the unaddressed memor…
Navigating Political Polarization in News Production: The Case of Italy
This study looks at political polarization from Italian political journalists’ perspectives and investigates (a) how they conceive political polarization and (b) how they navigate it in their daily work. Empirical data shed light on a number of main factors shaping journalists’ perceptions of political polarization, pinpointing the existence of “media polarization.” The findings also revealed five ideal-typical strategies adopted to deal with a p…
The path towards sustainable development in Europe: SDGs, EU institutions, and smart cities
Journal Article
Religion and National Identity in Central and Eastern European Countries: Persisting and Evolving Links
The article contributes a better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the intertwining of national and religious identity at the individual level in (some) former Communist and socialist European countries. It starts by retracing from a historical perspective the place religion occupied under the regimes, then paying attention to how, once politicized and ethnicized by the hand of a new class of ethnopolitical entrepreneurs, religion beca…
Roberto Belloni. I Balcani dopo le guerre: Ascesa e declino dell’intervento internazionale
Making an Identity Choice: “Opportunistic Alignment” in and beyond Consociational Systems: Evidence from South Tyrol and Bosnia Herzegovina
The consociational model of democracy is one of the most employed systems for managing plural societies. In its corporate variant, it regulates political representation and participation by accommodating the interests of groups identified according to ascriptive criteria. In so doing, however, it marginalizes and even excludes all those bearers of identities not foreseen and included in the system. Generally grouped under the catch-all label “Oth…
Power-Sharing in Europe: Past Practice, Present Cases and Future Directions , edited by Soeren Keil and Allison McCulloch
Initially thought of as a “descriptive device to explain democratic stability in the Netherlands” (p. 2), consociationalism has taken a prescriptive turn, becoming the preferred institutional design to end violent conflicts. On the one hand, sharing power between majority and minority groups has proved to be a good strategy to appease tensions, safeguard territorial integrity, and support groups’ inclusion in the democratic process. On the other …
Ethnopolitics and the Mobilisation of Collective Identities across Regimes and Generations: The Case of the Republic of North Macedonia
Acknowledging the saliency ‘ethnonationality’ has acquired in the post-Yugoslav scenario, this article analyses the ‘evolution’ of the meanings and functions of the term ethnonational belonging in the context of Macedonia, and it does so from both macro-structural and micro-individual perspectives. Alongside providing an overview of how ethnonationality has evolved from a political-institutional perspective, empirical material collected in Skopje…
Nonaligned Citizens”: Ethnic Power-Sharing and Nonethnic Identities in Bosnia Herzegovina. The Case of Sarajevo
Bosnia Herzegovina is a consociational democracy grounded on three ethnic constituencies. The postwar implementation of power-sharing mechanisms ended to favor ethnocracy and ethnopolitics, eventually compromising an inclusive democracy untied from ethnonational issues. This contribution explores the positive potential held by political parties and ordinary citizens “nonaligned” with the ethnopolitical scaffolding—therefore and consequently not e…
Trying to Fit In”: Multiethnic Parties, Ethno-Clientelism, and Power-Sharing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia
Where do multi-ethnic parties fit in ethnically polarized multi-party systems? Can they effectively represent non-ethnicized communities in contexts that are deeply fragmented along ethnonational lines? How might they do so? This article analyzes the extent to which political parties attempting to build cross-ethnic support may succeed in representing non-ethnic communities. It does so by focusing on the ethnopolitical realities of two deeply div…
State Ownership and “State-Sharing”: The Role of Collective Identities and the Sociopolitical Cleavage between Ethnic Macedonians and Ethnic Albanians in the Republic of North Macedonia
The article analyzes, from a historical and institutional perspective, the sociopolitical cleavages existing between ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians in the Republic of North Macedonia. Although primarily ethnic, the division between the two groups is deeply connected to state ownership and the official status each group occupies and wishes to occupy in it. By scrutinizing both groups’ claims, standpoints, and dissatisfactions, the article…
The Weight of Ethnic Collectivism: Youth, Identifications, and Boundaries in Post‐conflict Bosnia Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnic collective identities have been manipulated and politicized, becoming fixed labels inferred by kinship and ethno‐religious origins. The war has been the testing ground for a new collective order, which then moved to the next level with the green light of Dayton, and ethnopolitics is widely used to promote ethnonational identification while preventing and challenging a civic, non‐ethnic one. By relying on empirical…
Trying to Fit In”: Multiethnic Parties, Ethno-Clientelism, and Power-Sharing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia
Where do multi-ethnic parties fit in ethnically polarized multi-party systems? Can they effectively represent non-ethnicized communities in contexts that are deeply fragmented along ethnonational lines? How might they do so? This article analyzes the extent to which political parties attempting to build cross-ethnic support may succeed in representing non-ethnic communities. It does so by focusing on the ethnopolitical realities of two deeply div…
State Ownership and “State-Sharing”: The Role of Collective Identities and the Sociopolitical Cleavage between Ethnic Macedonians and Ethnic Albanians in the Republic of North Macedonia
The article analyzes, from a historical and institutional perspective, the sociopolitical cleavages existing between ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians in the Republic of North Macedonia. Although primarily ethnic, the division between the two groups is deeply connected to state ownership and the official status each group occupies and wishes to occupy in it. By scrutinizing both groups’ claims, standpoints, and dissatisfactions, the article…
Religion and National Identity in Central and Eastern European Countries: Persisting and Evolving Links
The article contributes a better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the intertwining of national and religious identity at the individual level in (some) former Communist and socialist European countries. It starts by retracing from a historical perspective the place religion occupied under the regimes, then paying attention to how, once politicized and ethnicized by the hand of a new class of ethnopolitical entrepreneurs, religion beca…
Nonaligned Citizens”: Ethnic Power-Sharing and Nonethnic Identities in Bosnia Herzegovina. The Case of Sarajevo
Bosnia Herzegovina is a consociational democracy grounded on three ethnic constituencies. The postwar implementation of power-sharing mechanisms ended to favor ethnocracy and ethnopolitics, eventually compromising an inclusive democracy untied from ethnonational issues. This contribution explores the positive potential held by political parties and ordinary citizens “nonaligned” with the ethnopolitical scaffolding—therefore and consequently not e…
Making an Identity Choice: “Opportunistic Alignment” in and beyond Consociational Systems: Evidence from South Tyrol and Bosnia Herzegovina
The consociational model of democracy is one of the most employed systems for managing plural societies. In its corporate variant, it regulates political representation and participation by accommodating the interests of groups identified according to ascriptive criteria. In so doing, however, it marginalizes and even excludes all those bearers of identities not foreseen and included in the system. Generally grouped under the catch-all label “Oth…
The Weight of Ethnic Collectivism: Youth, Identifications, and Boundaries in Post‐conflict Bosnia Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnic collective identities have been manipulated and politicized, becoming fixed labels inferred by kinship and ethno‐religious origins. The war has been the testing ground for a new collective order, which then moved to the next level with the green light of Dayton, and ethnopolitics is widely used to promote ethnonational identification while preventing and challenging a civic, non‐ethnic one. By relying on empirical…
The Weight of Ethnic Collectivism: Youth, Identifications, and Boundaries in Post‐conflict Bosnia Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnic collective identities have been manipulated and politicized, becoming fixed labels inferred by kinship and ethno‐religious origins. The war has been the testing ground for a new collective order, which then moved to the next level with the green light of Dayton, and ethnopolitics is widely used to promote ethnonational identification while preventing and challenging a civic, non‐ethnic one. By relying on empirical…
Trying to Fit In”: Multiethnic Parties, Ethno-Clientelism, and Power-Sharing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia
Where do multi-ethnic parties fit in ethnically polarized multi-party systems? Can they effectively represent non-ethnicized communities in contexts that are deeply fragmented along ethnonational lines? How might they do so? This article analyzes the extent to which political parties attempting to build cross-ethnic support may succeed in representing non-ethnic communities. It does so by focusing on the ethnopolitical realities of two deeply div…
State Ownership and “State-Sharing”: The Role of Collective Identities and the Sociopolitical Cleavage between Ethnic Macedonians and Ethnic Albanians in the Republic of North Macedonia
The article analyzes, from a historical and institutional perspective, the sociopolitical cleavages existing between ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians in the Republic of North Macedonia. Although primarily ethnic, the division between the two groups is deeply connected to state ownership and the official status each group occupies and wishes to occupy in it. By scrutinizing both groups’ claims, standpoints, and dissatisfactions, the article…
Ethnopolitics and the Mobilisation of Collective Identities across Regimes and Generations: The Case of the Republic of North Macedonia
Acknowledging the saliency ‘ethnonationality’ has acquired in the post-Yugoslav scenario, this article analyses the ‘evolution’ of the meanings and functions of the term ethnonational belonging in the context of Macedonia, and it does so from both macro-structural and micro-individual perspectives. Alongside providing an overview of how ethnonationality has evolved from a political-institutional perspective, empirical material collected in Skopje…
Nonaligned Citizens”: Ethnic Power-Sharing and Nonethnic Identities in Bosnia Herzegovina. The Case of Sarajevo
Bosnia Herzegovina is a consociational democracy grounded on three ethnic constituencies. The postwar implementation of power-sharing mechanisms ended to favor ethnocracy and ethnopolitics, eventually compromising an inclusive democracy untied from ethnonational issues. This contribution explores the positive potential held by political parties and ordinary citizens “nonaligned” with the ethnopolitical scaffolding—therefore and consequently not e…
Making an Identity Choice: “Opportunistic Alignment” in and beyond Consociational Systems: Evidence from South Tyrol and Bosnia Herzegovina
The consociational model of democracy is one of the most employed systems for managing plural societies. In its corporate variant, it regulates political representation and participation by accommodating the interests of groups identified according to ascriptive criteria. In so doing, however, it marginalizes and even excludes all those bearers of identities not foreseen and included in the system. Generally grouped under the catch-all label “Oth…
Power-Sharing in Europe: Past Practice, Present Cases and Future Directions , edited by Soeren Keil and Allison McCulloch
Initially thought of as a “descriptive device to explain democratic stability in the Netherlands” (p. 2), consociationalism has taken a prescriptive turn, becoming the preferred institutional design to end violent conflicts. On the one hand, sharing power between majority and minority groups has proved to be a good strategy to appease tensions, safeguard territorial integrity, and support groups’ inclusion in the democratic process. On the other …
Roberto Belloni. I Balcani dopo le guerre: Ascesa e declino dell’intervento internazionale
Religion and National Identity in Central and Eastern European Countries: Persisting and Evolving Links
The article contributes a better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the intertwining of national and religious identity at the individual level in (some) former Communist and socialist European countries. It starts by retracing from a historical perspective the place religion occupied under the regimes, then paying attention to how, once politicized and ethnicized by the hand of a new class of ethnopolitical entrepreneurs, religion beca…
Navigating Political Polarization in News Production: The Case of Italy
This study looks at political polarization from Italian political journalists’ perspectives and investigates (a) how they conceive political polarization and (b) how they navigate it in their daily work. Empirical data shed light on a number of main factors shaping journalists’ perceptions of political polarization, pinpointing the existence of “media polarization.” The findings also revealed five ideal-typical strategies adopted to deal with a p…
The path towards sustainable development in Europe: SDGs, EU institutions, and smart cities
Journal Article
Stuck in the Past: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Enduring Struggle with a Fractured Legacy
It has been over 25 years since the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended, yet the country is still considered to be in crisis and political conflict. The political system established through the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 has brought peace but has failed to resolve underlying tensions between power-hungry ethnic patrimonial elites and the strengthening of democracy, rule of law, and economic development. At the same time, the unaddressed memor…
Assessing public sphere influence on political attitudes across generations: A mixed-methods study of generational political structuring in Italy
We present a project investigating the impact of social media on ideological structuring of political attitudes in a generational perspective, with Italy (around the 2024 European Parliament elections) as a case study. We introduce an innovative mixed-methods, sequential, quantitative-driven, multi-stage design combining surveys, qualitative interviews, and social media data, which effectively integrates qualitative and quantitative components to…
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (6 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Democracy (4 works)