Vittorio Mete
Biographic Data
| ID | 636801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vittorio Mete |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vittorio |
| FAMILY NAME | Mete |
| SIGNATURE | METE V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florence |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0319-669X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A disaffected, right-wing, conflicted Italy
You can never really get tired of Italian politics. Over the last 30 years, we have seen many turning points, the most memorable of which was undoubtedly Silvio Berlusconi's unexpected ‘descent into the field’ in 1994. Nor have we been deprived of colourful characters, such as Matteo Renzi or Matteo Salvini, who, as their careers took off, ended up burning their wings. And after many unsuccessful attempts, imagination has finally come to power (a…
Women candidates and mayors in Italy (1993–2021)
This article uses an original dataset to sketch a portrait of women mayoral candidates and women elected as mayors in Italy in the period 1993–2021. The analysis highlights several significant findings. Women must compensate for their political marginality by deploying other resources, such as higher levels of education. Nevertheless, women are penalised not only by the reluctance of parties to put them forward as candidates, but also by the elec…
Ombretta Ingrascì, Monica Massari (a cura di). Come si studiano le mafie? La ricerca qualitativa, le fonti, i percorsi
.
Anti-Politics in Contemporary Italy
This book explores the discourses, attitudes, and behaviours of professional politicians and ordinary citizens alike characterized by hostility towards the political sphere, political parties, and above all, professional politicians. It furnishes a clear, consistent depiction of the antipolitics phenomenon in general using Italy as a ‘laboratory’ where anti-politics is widespread. After an original reconstruction of the concept of anti-politics, …
La Lega al Sud. Il difficile cammino di un insediamento annunciato
The article illustrates the penetration strategies of Salvini’s League in Southern Italy, particularly after the 2018 general elections. The League’s strategies are closely observed in three territorial contexts: Calabria, Campania and Sicily. For each of these three regions, the article presents the choices made by the League and the ways of building a new local political class loyal to the party. The analysis shows that in all three regions the…
Kidnappings by the ’Ndrangheta
This article examines kidnappings for ransom by the ’Ndrangheta in Italy from the more measured perspective that the passage of time allows. To investigate the importance and characteristics of this phenomenon, we analyse a new database compiled from various sources. We put forward an explanation of the way that the kidnapping era ended that derives both from statistical analysis of the 654 instances surveyed and from a case study (the abduction …
Mafie e gioco d’azzardo
The article investigates the role of mafias in the gambling sector in Italy. The gambling sector is a field of business that has recently undergone radical and decisive changes, affected above all by a process of accelerated legalisation that has made it one of the most dynamic legal gambling markets in the world in terms of volume of money gambled. Although gambling has become legal, the demand for illegal gambling services has not definitely di…
The electoral personalization of Italian mayors. A study of 25 years of direct election
This paper presents an analysis of the personalization of the vote in Italian municipal elections in the period 1993–2017. Considering the ability of mayoral candidates to attract more votes than those of the lists that support them, the paper outlines the socio-demographic and political characteristics of the candidates who receive the most personalized votes. Contrary to what one might expect, the most personalized candidates are the losing can…
The trader perspective
This article presents the results of some empirical research on extortion in Palermo. The project is based on the administration of a structured questionnaire with traders in various districts within Palermo and villages in the provincial interior, in two phases, the first in 2007 and second in 2012. The objective was to explore traders’ opinions on the various aspects of the phenomenon of extortion: its characteristics, causes, possible solution…
A book festival dedicated to the Mafia(s)
This article provides a detailed report on the first two editions of the festival of books about the Mafia held in Lamezia Terme (Calabria, Italy) in June 2011 and June 2012. The article reviews the 101 books presented in the two festivals. The analysis of the books presented at the public event gives us the opportunity to analyse the ways in which the Mafia's public image has been constructed in recent times. The books presented at the first two…
Overcoming the ‘Ndrangheta
The ‘Ndrangheta is one of southern Italy's three traditional mafias; with its roots in Calabria, it has a presence in other Italian regions and operates from bases abroad, including outside Europe. Until a few years into the new millennium the other two, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Camorra of Campania, were much better known. Serious studies of the ‘Ndrangheta could be counted on the fingers of two hands, the few journalists who took an inte…
Governare Palermo
Laura Azzolina, Rome: Donzelli, 2009, ISBN 978-88-6036-317-6, €14.00 (pb), pp. xiii +144 Against the background of the end of ideologies consequent upon the fall of the Berlin Wall, investigations
Four types of anti-politics
The word antipolitica (‘anti-politics’) is widely used in contemporary Italian political debate. The concept of ‘anti-politics’ is also frequently used by social scientists in explaining the Italian political transition that took place during the 1990s and analysing the current political situation. In spite of this wide use, sociopolitical literature does not provide a consensual definition of the term. As result, the semantic field of the concep…
New wine in old bottles? Italy's divided political culture
Italians and politics , edited by Marco Maraffi Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007 332 pp., €26.00 (paperback), ISBN-978-88-15-11491-4 Where is the victory? Voting in 2006, described by Italians , edited by ITANES Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006 241 pp., €13.00 (paperback), ISBN-88-15-11486-6 Left and right: Psychological roots of political differences , edited by ITANES Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006 182 pp., €12.00 (paperback), ISBN-88-15-10911-0 ‘Incomplete’ is the …
The electoral personalization of Italian mayors. A study of 25 years of direct election
This paper presents an analysis of the personalization of the vote in Italian municipal elections in the period 1993–2017. Considering the ability of mayoral candidates to attract more votes than those of the lists that support them, the paper outlines the socio-demographic and political characteristics of the candidates who receive the most personalized votes. Contrary to what one might expect, the most personalized candidates are the losing can…
New wine in old bottles? Italy's divided political culture
Italians and politics , edited by Marco Maraffi Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007 332 pp., €26.00 (paperback), ISBN-978-88-15-11491-4 Where is the victory? Voting in 2006, described by Italians , edited by ITANES Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006 241 pp., €13.00 (paperback), ISBN-88-15-11486-6 Left and right: Psychological roots of political differences , edited by ITANES Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006 182 pp., €12.00 (paperback), ISBN-88-15-10911-0 ‘Incomplete’ is the …
Four types of anti-politics
The word antipolitica (‘anti-politics’) is widely used in contemporary Italian political debate. The concept of ‘anti-politics’ is also frequently used by social scientists in explaining the Italian political transition that took place during the 1990s and analysing the current political situation. In spite of this wide use, sociopolitical literature does not provide a consensual definition of the term. As result, the semantic field of the concep…
Governare Palermo
Laura Azzolina, Rome: Donzelli, 2009, ISBN 978-88-6036-317-6, €14.00 (pb), pp. xiii +144 Against the background of the end of ideologies consequent upon the fall of the Berlin Wall, investigations
Overcoming the ‘Ndrangheta
The ‘Ndrangheta is one of southern Italy's three traditional mafias; with its roots in Calabria, it has a presence in other Italian regions and operates from bases abroad, including outside Europe. Until a few years into the new millennium the other two, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Camorra of Campania, were much better known. Serious studies of the ‘Ndrangheta could be counted on the fingers of two hands, the few journalists who took an inte…
A book festival dedicated to the Mafia(s)
This article provides a detailed report on the first two editions of the festival of books about the Mafia held in Lamezia Terme (Calabria, Italy) in June 2011 and June 2012. The article reviews the 101 books presented in the two festivals. The analysis of the books presented at the public event gives us the opportunity to analyse the ways in which the Mafia's public image has been constructed in recent times. The books presented at the first two…
The trader perspective
This article presents the results of some empirical research on extortion in Palermo. The project is based on the administration of a structured questionnaire with traders in various districts within Palermo and villages in the provincial interior, in two phases, the first in 2007 and second in 2012. The objective was to explore traders’ opinions on the various aspects of the phenomenon of extortion: its characteristics, causes, possible solution…
Mafie e gioco d’azzardo
The article investigates the role of mafias in the gambling sector in Italy. The gambling sector is a field of business that has recently undergone radical and decisive changes, affected above all by a process of accelerated legalisation that has made it one of the most dynamic legal gambling markets in the world in terms of volume of money gambled. Although gambling has become legal, the demand for illegal gambling services has not definitely di…
The electoral personalization of Italian mayors. A study of 25 years of direct election
This paper presents an analysis of the personalization of the vote in Italian municipal elections in the period 1993–2017. Considering the ability of mayoral candidates to attract more votes than those of the lists that support them, the paper outlines the socio-demographic and political characteristics of the candidates who receive the most personalized votes. Contrary to what one might expect, the most personalized candidates are the losing can…
La Lega al Sud. Il difficile cammino di un insediamento annunciato
The article illustrates the penetration strategies of Salvini’s League in Southern Italy, particularly after the 2018 general elections. The League’s strategies are closely observed in three territorial contexts: Calabria, Campania and Sicily. For each of these three regions, the article presents the choices made by the League and the ways of building a new local political class loyal to the party. The analysis shows that in all three regions the…
Kidnappings by the ’Ndrangheta
This article examines kidnappings for ransom by the ’Ndrangheta in Italy from the more measured perspective that the passage of time allows. To investigate the importance and characteristics of this phenomenon, we analyse a new database compiled from various sources. We put forward an explanation of the way that the kidnapping era ended that derives both from statistical analysis of the 654 instances surveyed and from a case study (the abduction …
Anti-Politics in Contemporary Italy
This book explores the discourses, attitudes, and behaviours of professional politicians and ordinary citizens alike characterized by hostility towards the political sphere, political parties, and above all, professional politicians. It furnishes a clear, consistent depiction of the antipolitics phenomenon in general using Italy as a ‘laboratory’ where anti-politics is widespread. After an original reconstruction of the concept of anti-politics, …
Ombretta Ingrascì, Monica Massari (a cura di). Come si studiano le mafie? La ricerca qualitativa, le fonti, i percorsi
.
A disaffected, right-wing, conflicted Italy
You can never really get tired of Italian politics. Over the last 30 years, we have seen many turning points, the most memorable of which was undoubtedly Silvio Berlusconi's unexpected ‘descent into the field’ in 1994. Nor have we been deprived of colourful characters, such as Matteo Renzi or Matteo Salvini, who, as their careers took off, ended up burning their wings. And after many unsuccessful attempts, imagination has finally come to power (a…
Women candidates and mayors in Italy (1993–2021)
This article uses an original dataset to sketch a portrait of women mayoral candidates and women elected as mayors in Italy in the period 1993–2021. The analysis highlights several significant findings. Women must compensate for their political marginality by deploying other resources, such as higher levels of education. Nevertheless, women are penalised not only by the reluctance of parties to put them forward as candidates, but also by the elec…
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