Simone Battiston
Biographic Data
| ID | 641681 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simone Battiston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simone |
| FAMILY NAME | Battiston |
| SIGNATURE | BATTISTON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swinburne University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5815-4016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When Migrants Fail to Stay: New Histories on Departures and Migration
This book focuses on a mostly neglected and still poorly researched area of Australian scholarship: departures. That is, migrants who failed to stay and did not make Australia home. This collection
Migropessimism of the Intellect, Migro-Optimism of the Will: The Italian-Australian Experience
To vote or not to vote in the homeland elections? Insights into voting abstention in Italy's constituency abroad
Since its introduction in the early 2000s, legislation relating to the voting rights of Italians abroad has enabled millions of residents of voting age outside of Italy to engage in homeland elections and elect their own MPs. The inclusion of Italian citizens abroad in the Italian polity has nevertheless translated into a patchy electoral engagement. This article does not intend to provide an analysis of the voting choices in Italy's overseas con…
Italy and Australia: Redefining Bilateral Relations for the Twenty-First Century
This book offers a comprehensive reappraisal of relations between Italy and Australia, covering history, migration, international relations, and trade.
Italians in Australia: History, Memory, Identity
The vote of Italians abroad: An anomaly in the new Italian political landscape
In the parliamentary elections of 2018, right-wing populism and anti-establishment politics profoundly reshaped Italy’s electoral geography and party system. The xenophobic Lega (League) and the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (Five-star Movement, M5s) made substantial electoral gains in the domestic constituencies, paving the way for a coalition government. Outside Italy, in the constituency for Italians resident abroad, the primacy of pro…
Migrant Radicalism and Activism in Australia: The Transnational Experience of Pierina Pirisi
This article examines the transnational experience of Italian-born Pietrina (“Pierina”) Pirisi, who took an active part in the communist and ethnic rights movements in Australia from 1972 until her return to Italy in 1984. For Pierina, the paths of migration, radicalism and activism intertwined when she moved from her native Sardinia to Sydney and joined the Communist Party of Australia, the Italian Communist Party in Australia, and the Italian F…
Autopsia di un diritto politico: Il voto degli italiani all'estero nelle elezioni del 2018
Con l'avanzata di forze antisistema e populiste, le elezioni per il Parlamento del 2018 hanno completamente ridisegnato la geografia elettorale italiana. Nella circoscrizione estero è, in realtà, il transnazionalismo politico a esser stato messo alla prova, ovvero la capacità dei cittadini italiani residenti oltre confine di partecipare attivamente alle dinamiche elettorali sia nel Paese d'adozione sia in quello d'origine. L'alto tasso di astensi…
Migrants, Identity and Radical Politics: Meaning and Ramifications of the Visits of Italian Communist Party Officials to Australia
This paper examines ten years (1963–1973) of visits to Australia of Italian Communist Party (PCI) officials. In particular, the visits' origins, meaning and ramifications are analysed and framed against the background of post‐war migrant worker identity discourses and radical politics. They appear to have shaped markedly the direction of the experience of Italian communists in Australia, especially in Sydney, and their interaction with both the C…
The Bilingual Cockatoo: Writing Italian Australian Lives
Simone Battiston reviews the book 'The bilingual cockatoo: writing Italian australian lives', by John Gatt-Rutter, Hybrid, Melbourne, 2014
Ethnic Print Media in Australia: Il Globo in the 1980s
This paper investigates the content of the editorial commentary in the Melbourne-based commercial Italian-language newspaper Il Globo from 1979 to 1989 and argues that throughout the period under examination it consistently maintained a proactive role for, and on behalf of, the Italo-Australian community. A longitudinal study on selected editorials written by then editor-in-chief Nino Randazzo shows that the newspaper lobbied relevant authorities…
Diaspora Philanthropy in Australia: A Preliminary Critique
Australia is home to numerous diaspora communities that have settled in Australia throughout the twentieth century. Over the decades, these ethnic communities have adapted to the Australian way of life and while there was an attempt to create a single national identity, many immigrant communities continue to maintain their cultural and linguistic links with their origin homeland. It is to be expected that many within these communities feel they o…
Challenging the Australian Government Approach Towards Expatriate Voting: The Case of Italy
In 1999 the Australian government dropped its objections to the Italian legislation that contemplated postal voting and parliamentary representation for its Italian citizens resident abroad. This was a significant turning point for the Australian government approach on the question of voting rights for expatriate communities in Australia voting in their Homeland elections. Based on undisclosed government sources and interviews with former Austral…
The challenges to democracy and citizenship surrounding the vote to Italians overseas
In 2003, a presidential decree enacted legislation guaranteeing Italian voters overseas the right to postal voting as well as parliamentary representation within their respective electoral constituency. The electoral weight of the overseas-based constituent had a remarkable effect on the 2006 election results. In the tightest vote in the Republic's history, the vote of overseas Italians, which was one of the decisive features of the election, hel…
Diaspora Philanthropy in Australia: A Preliminary Critique
Australia is home to numerous diaspora (ethnic) communities that have settled in Australia throughout the twentieth century. Over the decades these ethnic communities have adapted to the Australian way of life and while there was an attempt to create a one single national identity, many immigrant communities continue to maintain their cultural and linguistic links with their origin homeland. It is to be expected that many within these ethnic comm…
Salemi v MacKellar revisited: Drawing together the threads of a controversial deportation case
Italian-born journalist and migrant rights campaigner Ignazio Salemi temporarily migrated to Australia to help co-ordinate the activities of the Australian branch of the Italian Federation of Migrant Workers and their Families (FILEF) and his application for permanent permit to stay in Australia was rejected by the Government, causing Salemi to be become a prohibited immigrant. Salemi’s deportation resulted in the new breed of young FILEF activis…
The vote of Italians abroad: An anomaly in the new Italian political landscape
In the parliamentary elections of 2018, right-wing populism and anti-establishment politics profoundly reshaped Italy’s electoral geography and party system. The xenophobic Lega (League) and the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (Five-star Movement, M5s) made substantial electoral gains in the domestic constituencies, paving the way for a coalition government. Outside Italy, in the constituency for Italians resident abroad, the primacy of pro…
Challenging the Australian Government Approach Towards Expatriate Voting: The Case of Italy
In 1999 the Australian government dropped its objections to the Italian legislation that contemplated postal voting and parliamentary representation for its Italian citizens resident abroad. This was a significant turning point for the Australian government approach on the question of voting rights for expatriate communities in Australia voting in their Homeland elections. Based on undisclosed government sources and interviews with former Austral…
To vote or not to vote in the homeland elections? Insights into voting abstention in Italy's constituency abroad
Since its introduction in the early 2000s, legislation relating to the voting rights of Italians abroad has enabled millions of residents of voting age outside of Italy to engage in homeland elections and elect their own MPs. The inclusion of Italian citizens abroad in the Italian polity has nevertheless translated into a patchy electoral engagement. This article does not intend to provide an analysis of the voting choices in Italy's overseas con…
Migrant Radicalism and Activism in Australia: The Transnational Experience of Pierina Pirisi
This article examines the transnational experience of Italian-born Pietrina (“Pierina”) Pirisi, who took an active part in the communist and ethnic rights movements in Australia from 1972 until her return to Italy in 1984. For Pierina, the paths of migration, radicalism and activism intertwined when she moved from her native Sardinia to Sydney and joined the Communist Party of Australia, the Italian Communist Party in Australia, and the Italian F…
Salemi v MacKellar revisited: Drawing together the threads of a controversial deportation case
Italian-born journalist and migrant rights campaigner Ignazio Salemi temporarily migrated to Australia to help co-ordinate the activities of the Australian branch of the Italian Federation of Migrant Workers and their Families (FILEF) and his application for permanent permit to stay in Australia was rejected by the Government, causing Salemi to be become a prohibited immigrant. Salemi’s deportation resulted in the new breed of young FILEF activis…
Diaspora Philanthropy in Australia: A Preliminary Critique
Australia is home to numerous diaspora (ethnic) communities that have settled in Australia throughout the twentieth century. Over the decades these ethnic communities have adapted to the Australian way of life and while there was an attempt to create a one single national identity, many immigrant communities continue to maintain their cultural and linguistic links with their origin homeland. It is to be expected that many within these ethnic comm…
The challenges to democracy and citizenship surrounding the vote to Italians overseas
In 2003, a presidential decree enacted legislation guaranteeing Italian voters overseas the right to postal voting as well as parliamentary representation within their respective electoral constituency. The electoral weight of the overseas-based constituent had a remarkable effect on the 2006 election results. In the tightest vote in the Republic's history, the vote of overseas Italians, which was one of the decisive features of the election, hel…
Challenging the Australian Government Approach Towards Expatriate Voting: The Case of Italy
In 1999 the Australian government dropped its objections to the Italian legislation that contemplated postal voting and parliamentary representation for its Italian citizens resident abroad. This was a significant turning point for the Australian government approach on the question of voting rights for expatriate communities in Australia voting in their Homeland elections. Based on undisclosed government sources and interviews with former Austral…
Diaspora Philanthropy in Australia: A Preliminary Critique
Australia is home to numerous diaspora communities that have settled in Australia throughout the twentieth century. Over the decades, these ethnic communities have adapted to the Australian way of life and while there was an attempt to create a single national identity, many immigrant communities continue to maintain their cultural and linguistic links with their origin homeland. It is to be expected that many within these communities feel they o…
Ethnic Print Media in Australia: Il Globo in the 1980s
This paper investigates the content of the editorial commentary in the Melbourne-based commercial Italian-language newspaper Il Globo from 1979 to 1989 and argues that throughout the period under examination it consistently maintained a proactive role for, and on behalf of, the Italo-Australian community. A longitudinal study on selected editorials written by then editor-in-chief Nino Randazzo shows that the newspaper lobbied relevant authorities…
The Bilingual Cockatoo: Writing Italian Australian Lives
Simone Battiston reviews the book 'The bilingual cockatoo: writing Italian australian lives', by John Gatt-Rutter, Hybrid, Melbourne, 2014
Migrants, Identity and Radical Politics: Meaning and Ramifications of the Visits of Italian Communist Party Officials to Australia
This paper examines ten years (1963–1973) of visits to Australia of Italian Communist Party (PCI) officials. In particular, the visits' origins, meaning and ramifications are analysed and framed against the background of post‐war migrant worker identity discourses and radical politics. They appear to have shaped markedly the direction of the experience of Italian communists in Australia, especially in Sydney, and their interaction with both the C…
Autopsia di un diritto politico: Il voto degli italiani all'estero nelle elezioni del 2018
Con l'avanzata di forze antisistema e populiste, le elezioni per il Parlamento del 2018 hanno completamente ridisegnato la geografia elettorale italiana. Nella circoscrizione estero è, in realtà, il transnazionalismo politico a esser stato messo alla prova, ovvero la capacità dei cittadini italiani residenti oltre confine di partecipare attivamente alle dinamiche elettorali sia nel Paese d'adozione sia in quello d'origine. L'alto tasso di astensi…
The vote of Italians abroad: An anomaly in the new Italian political landscape
In the parliamentary elections of 2018, right-wing populism and anti-establishment politics profoundly reshaped Italy’s electoral geography and party system. The xenophobic Lega (League) and the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (Five-star Movement, M5s) made substantial electoral gains in the domestic constituencies, paving the way for a coalition government. Outside Italy, in the constituency for Italians resident abroad, the primacy of pro…
Migrant Radicalism and Activism in Australia: The Transnational Experience of Pierina Pirisi
This article examines the transnational experience of Italian-born Pietrina (“Pierina”) Pirisi, who took an active part in the communist and ethnic rights movements in Australia from 1972 until her return to Italy in 1984. For Pierina, the paths of migration, radicalism and activism intertwined when she moved from her native Sardinia to Sydney and joined the Communist Party of Australia, the Italian Communist Party in Australia, and the Italian F…
Italians in Australia: History, Memory, Identity
Italy and Australia: Redefining Bilateral Relations for the Twenty-First Century
This book offers a comprehensive reappraisal of relations between Italy and Australia, covering history, migration, international relations, and trade.
To vote or not to vote in the homeland elections? Insights into voting abstention in Italy's constituency abroad
Since its introduction in the early 2000s, legislation relating to the voting rights of Italians abroad has enabled millions of residents of voting age outside of Italy to engage in homeland elections and elect their own MPs. The inclusion of Italian citizens abroad in the Italian polity has nevertheless translated into a patchy electoral engagement. This article does not intend to provide an analysis of the voting choices in Italy's overseas con…
Migropessimism of the Intellect, Migro-Optimism of the Will: The Italian-Australian Experience
When Migrants Fail to Stay: New Histories on Departures and Migration
This book focuses on a mostly neglected and still poorly researched area of Australian scholarship: departures. That is, migrants who failed to stay and did not make Australia home. This collection
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (7 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)