Martino Mazzoleni
Biographic Data
| ID | 641694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martino Mazzoleni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martino |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazzoleni |
| SIGNATURE | MAZZOLENI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9506-4178 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Religion, politics, and climate‐protective behaviors
Climate‐protective behaviors (CPBs) aim to reduce one's carbon footprint and to engage others in climate saving. Under the late Pope Francis's leadership (2013–2025), the Catholic Church, to which most Italians belong, paid increasing attention to the planetary crisis and advocated for lifestyle changes to protect the climate. Drawing from a survey of a representative sample of Italian citizens, we checked if religiosity, which research connects …
Communication as an enabler of evidence-informed policy
Expert-produced information and data hold significant potential for adoption by decision-makers; however, this potential can be compromised by barriers related to language, communication channels, and formats. The literature emphasizes the differing languages, timelines, and incentives between specialists and lay decision-makers who seek practical solutions to real-world issues, rather than theoretical dilemmas. We conducted a mixed-method study,…
Evidence‐Based Policymaking and Spatial Planning. Factors of Evidence Utilization
This paper investigates the role and usability of expert‐generated evidence in democratic policymaking, with spatial planning as a case study. Drawing on the literature on evidence‐based policymaking in political science and planning, and employing the CRELE and ACTA frameworks with a critical realist approach, the study analyses the attributes that enhance evidence consideration by decision‐makers and their interplay with political rationales. T…
Pope Francis and the environment, act 2. Time for decisive climate action
Politics and planning
While the democratic theory of party government contends the importance of accountable decisionmakers’ preferences for policy outputs, the post-politics thesis argues that political differences have become irrelevant after the triumph of neo-liberalism. This paper questions whether politics makes any difference in land-use policy, with specific regard to land take, focusing on attitudes and choices of local elected officers (LEOs) in Italy’s larg…
The drafting of the new French regions
Transition in Continuity
For the fifth consecutive time, in February 2013 the Centre-right won the regional election in Lombardy. The report illustrates the institutional setting of the region, its electoral system, and the political background of the early election, which was triggered by the dissolution of the Council following judicial inquiries. It then focuses on the candidate selection, the campaign issues and, finally, the results which marked a substantial contin…
The Italian regionalisation
The history of the Italian Republic's territorial structure has always been intertwined with party competition. Partisan logics have notably played a relevant role in the ways regions have been moulded, set up and run. This article illustrates the discourse of Italy's political parties on the ‘ordinary’ statute regions throughout the successive phases of regionalisation. After the consensus reached in the Constituent Assembly, a paralysis due to …
The Saliency of Regionalization in Party Systems
The article centres on the saliency that regional decentralization has had for British, Italian and French political parties in the past 60 years. A longitudinal analysis of the emphasis that parties have assigned to this issue in their manifestos confirms the hypothesis that certain environmental factors influence the changes of attention of parties on regionalization in their electoral discourse. Electoral threats and institutional reforms have…
The first Tripartite agreement in the EU. An actor-centred analysis of an experimental multi-level interaction
Tripartite agreements and contracts have recently emerged as possible forms of a more direct, active and horizontal partnership between levels of government within the European Union. In 2004 an experimental agreement on sustainable mobility was signed by the Commission, the Italian government and the region of Lombardy. This article proposes an actor-centred analysis of the process which has led to the agreement. It is argued that multi-level go…
I Sistemi Partitici Regionali in Italia Dalla Prima Alla Seconda Repubblica
IntroduzioneNegli scorsi decenni sono state proposte nella letteratura politologica diverse descrizioni e classificazioni dei sistemi di partito, sulla base del loro formato e della loro meccanica interna. L'argomento della differenziazione territoriale dei sistemi partitici, però, è stato piuttosto trascurato nello studio di questa materia. E tuttavia «nei grandi stati vi sono in realtà relativamente pochi fenomeni politici che la popolazione sp…
The Saliency of Regionalization in Party Systems
The article centres on the saliency that regional decentralization has had for British, Italian and French political parties in the past 60 years. A longitudinal analysis of the emphasis that parties have assigned to this issue in their manifestos confirms the hypothesis that certain environmental factors influence the changes of attention of parties on regionalization in their electoral discourse. Electoral threats and institutional reforms have…
I Sistemi Partitici Regionali in Italia Dalla Prima Alla Seconda Repubblica
IntroduzioneNegli scorsi decenni sono state proposte nella letteratura politologica diverse descrizioni e classificazioni dei sistemi di partito, sulla base del loro formato e della loro meccanica interna. L'argomento della differenziazione territoriale dei sistemi partitici, però, è stato piuttosto trascurato nello studio di questa materia. E tuttavia «nei grandi stati vi sono in realtà relativamente pochi fenomeni politici che la popolazione sp…
The first Tripartite agreement in the EU. An actor-centred analysis of an experimental multi-level interaction
Tripartite agreements and contracts have recently emerged as possible forms of a more direct, active and horizontal partnership between levels of government within the European Union. In 2004 an experimental agreement on sustainable mobility was signed by the Commission, the Italian government and the region of Lombardy. This article proposes an actor-centred analysis of the process which has led to the agreement. It is argued that multi-level go…
I Sistemi Partitici Regionali in Italia Dalla Prima Alla Seconda Repubblica
IntroduzioneNegli scorsi decenni sono state proposte nella letteratura politologica diverse descrizioni e classificazioni dei sistemi di partito, sulla base del loro formato e della loro meccanica interna. L'argomento della differenziazione territoriale dei sistemi partitici, però, è stato piuttosto trascurato nello studio di questa materia. E tuttavia «nei grandi stati vi sono in realtà relativamente pochi fenomeni politici che la popolazione sp…
The first Tripartite agreement in the EU. An actor-centred analysis of an experimental multi-level interaction
Tripartite agreements and contracts have recently emerged as possible forms of a more direct, active and horizontal partnership between levels of government within the European Union. In 2004 an experimental agreement on sustainable mobility was signed by the Commission, the Italian government and the region of Lombardy. This article proposes an actor-centred analysis of the process which has led to the agreement. It is argued that multi-level go…
The Italian regionalisation
The history of the Italian Republic's territorial structure has always been intertwined with party competition. Partisan logics have notably played a relevant role in the ways regions have been moulded, set up and run. This article illustrates the discourse of Italy's political parties on the ‘ordinary’ statute regions throughout the successive phases of regionalisation. After the consensus reached in the Constituent Assembly, a paralysis due to …
The Saliency of Regionalization in Party Systems
The article centres on the saliency that regional decentralization has had for British, Italian and French political parties in the past 60 years. A longitudinal analysis of the emphasis that parties have assigned to this issue in their manifestos confirms the hypothesis that certain environmental factors influence the changes of attention of parties on regionalization in their electoral discourse. Electoral threats and institutional reforms have…
Transition in Continuity
For the fifth consecutive time, in February 2013 the Centre-right won the regional election in Lombardy. The report illustrates the institutional setting of the region, its electoral system, and the political background of the early election, which was triggered by the dissolution of the Council following judicial inquiries. It then focuses on the candidate selection, the campaign issues and, finally, the results which marked a substantial contin…
The drafting of the new French regions
Politics and planning
While the democratic theory of party government contends the importance of accountable decisionmakers’ preferences for policy outputs, the post-politics thesis argues that political differences have become irrelevant after the triumph of neo-liberalism. This paper questions whether politics makes any difference in land-use policy, with specific regard to land take, focusing on attitudes and choices of local elected officers (LEOs) in Italy’s larg…
Pope Francis and the environment, act 2. Time for decisive climate action
Evidence‐Based Policymaking and Spatial Planning. Factors of Evidence Utilization
This paper investigates the role and usability of expert‐generated evidence in democratic policymaking, with spatial planning as a case study. Drawing on the literature on evidence‐based policymaking in political science and planning, and employing the CRELE and ACTA frameworks with a critical realist approach, the study analyses the attributes that enhance evidence consideration by decision‐makers and their interplay with political rationales. T…
Religion, politics, and climate‐protective behaviors
Climate‐protective behaviors (CPBs) aim to reduce one's carbon footprint and to engage others in climate saving. Under the late Pope Francis's leadership (2013–2025), the Catholic Church, to which most Italians belong, paid increasing attention to the planetary crisis and advocated for lifestyle changes to protect the climate. Drawing from a survey of a representative sample of Italian citizens, we checked if religiosity, which research connects …
Communication as an enabler of evidence-informed policy
Expert-produced information and data hold significant potential for adoption by decision-makers; however, this potential can be compromised by barriers related to language, communication channels, and formats. The literature emphasizes the differing languages, timelines, and incentives between specialists and lay decision-makers who seek practical solutions to real-world issues, rather than theoretical dilemmas. We conducted a mixed-method study,…
Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Political Systems and Governance (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Democracy (3 works)