Emanuele Massetti
Biographic Data
| ID | 641700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emanuele Massetti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emanuele |
| FAMILY NAME | Massetti |
| SIGNATURE | MASSETTI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Surrey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9849-5026 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 428 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Climate variability and worldwide migration: Current evidence and future projections
The literature linking climatic drivers and migration is growing, but there is still limited evidence and substantial uncertainty regarding future bilateral flows driven by climate stress on a global scale. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap by projecting changes in the flows of international migrants from medium-term population and climate change projections. We employ a bilateral gravity equation for emigration rates controlling for deca…
The EU at Crossroads: 2022 As a Turning Point Year
From Europhilia to Eurorealism: The 2022 General Election in Italy
From Crisis to Crisis: The EU in between the Covid, Energy and Inflation Crises (and War)
Brexit Effect: What Leaving the EU Means for British Politics
Back to the Westminster model? The Brexit process and the UK political system
This article investigates the impact of Brexit on the British political system. By critically engaging with the conceptualisation of the Westminster model proposed by Arend Lijphart, it analyses the strains of Brexit on three dimensions developed from from Lijphart’s framework: elections and the party system, executive– legislative dynamics and the relationship between central and devolved administrations. Supplementing quantitative indicators wi…
The European Union and the challenge of ‘independence in Europe’: Straddling between (formal) neutrality and (actual) support for member-states’ territorial integrity
In the last decade, regionalist forces have been testing the limits of the EU multi-level system by making concrete bids to ‘Independence in Europe’. This article investigates the reaction of the EU institutions in the cases of Scotland and Catalonia. The analysis, based on archive research and elite interviews, points to a certain ambiguity in the behaviour of EU institutions, whereby a claimed neutrality is contradicted by declarations that cle…
From staunch supporters to critical observers: Explaining the turn towards Euroscepticism among regionalist parties
Based on a new dataset, this article explains a turn towards Euroscepticism by regionalist parties from the early 2000s. Our findings point to the effects of cross-dimensional ideological linkages – positions adopted on the centre-periphery and left–right dimensions – and of an increasing formal regional involvement in European Union affairs without actual influence, which leaves regionalist (and especially secessionist) parties frustrated with t…
A Year like no Other: Hope out of Despair
Calm before the Storm? 2019 in Perspective
At the end of our 2018 Annual Review editorial we reflected on a tough year for the EU, arguing that it was sailing through troubled waters into an unknown direction (Exadaktylos et al., 2019). The waves of populism and right-wing extremism were sweeping across Europe, the negotiations around Brexit were a political drama not only at the European but also at the British level, and EU leaders were looking to re-infuse trust in the euro, EU institu…
From the Porcellum to the Rosatellum: ‘Political elite-judicial interaction’ in the Italian laboratory of electoral reforms
The period from 2013 to 2018 saw Parliament experiment with a number of different electoral systems, with several potential reforms being formally discussed and two of them being fully approved: the so-called Italicum in 2015 and the Rosatellum in 2017. These reforms were triggered by interventions of the Constitutional Court that have no precedent in established democracies. As these interventions resulted in (constrained) responses by the polit…
Sailing through Troubled Waters and towards ‘Someplace
Populism and ethno-territorial politics in European multi-level systems
Left-wing regionalist populism in the ‘Celtic’ peripheries: Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party’s anti-austerity challenge against the British elites
Regional elections in Italy (2012–15): Low turnout, tri-polar competition and Democratic Party’s (multi-level) dominance
Between October 2012 and May 2015, all Italian regions went to the polls to renew their assemblies and executives. In contrast to previous election rounds, only seven out of fifteen ordinary regions held their elections in (horizontal) simultaneity. For the first time, some ordinary regions held their elections in (vertical) simultaneity with the national or European election. The election results were somehow exceptional in three ways. First, th…
Brexit Two Years On: Where are We Now? Introduction
The piece introduces the contents and rational of the special section, which analyses the main dyanimcs of the Brexit process, following the referendum held on 23rd June 2016
Who is in Control? Brexit and the Westminster Model
This article provides a preliminary assessment of the impact of the Brexit process—from the June 2016 referendum to June 2018—on the British political system. Drawing on the classic work of Arend Lijphart and the ensuing scholarship applying the Westminster model to Britain, it seeks to understand whether and to what extent Brexit has impacted on the majoritarian features of the system. Adapting Lijphart's criteria, it focuses on the electoral‐pa…
A world of difference: The Sources of Regional Government Composition and Alternation
This article aims to explain longitudinal and cross-sectional variation in regional government composition - oversized majorities and incongruence between regional and national governments (cross-cutting) - and regional government alternation. The analysis focuses on the explanatory value of a wide range of regional-level institutional variables, such as majoritarian vs. proportional voting systems and established practices of consociationalism. …
The regional politics of welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain
Decentralisation Reforms and Regionalist Parties’ Strength: Accommodation, Empowerment or Both
The article aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of decentralisation on regionalist parties’ strength in both national and regional elections. We consider decentralisation both as a putatively crucial event, that is, the creation of an elected regional government, and as a process. Our study is based on a dataset including aggregate vote shares for 227 regionalist parties competing in 329 regions across 18 Western democracies. O…
Between autonomy and secession: Decentralization and regionalist party ideological radicalism
The literature on regionalist parties has traditionally focused on the origins of their electoral strength while their ideology remains an under-explored aspect of territorial party politics. This is surprising because for the question of whether decentralization ‘accommodates’ or ‘empowers’ regionalist pressure one needs to consider both. In this paper we single out the factors that increase the probability of adopting a radical (secessionist) a…
Inexperienced, leftists, and grassroots democrats: A profile of the Five Star Movement’s MPs
The aim of this article is to present original empirical data on the profile of the Five Star Movement’s parliamentary group at the outset of current legislature. Who are the Movement’s parliamentary representatives, what are their ideological orientations, and how do they perceive their role vis-à-vis the other components of the party (party members and the extra-parliamentary leadership)? We think that providing answers to these questions can h…
Mainstream parties and the politics of immigration in Italy: A structural advantage for the right or a missed opportunity for the left
From class to region: How regionalist parties link (and subsume) left-right into centre-periphery politics
The primary dimension of political contestation for regionalist parties is the centre-periphery dimension but they are pressured to adopt positions on the left-right dimension by competition with state-wide parties. We argue that the relative economic position of a region is a key variable for explaining how regionalist parties adopt left-right positions and link them to the centre-periphery dimension. Based on a quantitative analysis of 74 regio…
The Party Politics of Territorial Reforms in Europe
This article develops a comprehensive and dynamic framework for analysing the party politics of territorial reforms in Europe (and beyond). The main focus is on explaining the strategy of political parties on the issue of territorial reform, by which is meant the position taken on, and the salience given to, the issue of how to allocate powers and resources across levels of government. The premise is that political parties can follow an electoral…
Between autonomy and secession: Decentralization and regionalist party ideological radicalism
The literature on regionalist parties has traditionally focused on the origins of their electoral strength while their ideology remains an under-explored aspect of territorial party politics. This is surprising because for the question of whether decentralization ‘accommodates’ or ‘empowers’ regionalist pressure one needs to consider both. In this paper we single out the factors that increase the probability of adopting a radical (secessionist) a…
From class to region: How regionalist parties link (and subsume) left-right into centre-periphery politics
The primary dimension of political contestation for regionalist parties is the centre-periphery dimension but they are pressured to adopt positions on the left-right dimension by competition with state-wide parties. We argue that the relative economic position of a region is a key variable for explaining how regionalist parties adopt left-right positions and link them to the centre-periphery dimension. Based on a quantitative analysis of 74 regio…
Explaining Regionalist Party Positioning in a Multi-dimensional Ideological Space: A Framework for Analysis
This contribution proposes an analytical framework for explaining regionalist parties' ideological positioning in the multi-dimensional political space. It focuses on three ideological dimensions: centre–periphery, left–right and European integration. Positioning along the first two dimensions is explained in terms of socio-structural characteristics of the regions and the incentives posed by institutional/political environments. Then mutual infl…
The Party Politics of Territorial Reforms in Europe
This article develops a comprehensive and dynamic framework for analysing the party politics of territorial reforms in Europe (and beyond). The main focus is on explaining the strategy of political parties on the issue of territorial reform, by which is meant the position taken on, and the salience given to, the issue of how to allocate powers and resources across levels of government. The premise is that political parties can follow an electoral…
Ideology matters: Why decentralisation has a differentiated effect on regionalist parties' fortunes in Western democracies
This article addresses the effects of decentralisation reforms on regionalist parties' electoral strength. It takes up the debate between ‘accommodatists’ (i.e., electoral loss due to policy accommodation) and ‘institutionalists’ (i.e., electoral gain due to institutional empowerment). These effects depend on the electoral venue considered – regional or national – and on the ideological radicalism of a given regionalist party – secessionist or au…
Decentralisation Reforms and Regionalist Parties’ Strength: Accommodation, Empowerment or Both
The article aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of decentralisation on regionalist parties’ strength in both national and regional elections. We consider decentralisation both as a putatively crucial event, that is, the creation of an elected regional government, and as a process. Our study is based on a dataset including aggregate vote shares for 227 regionalist parties competing in 329 regions across 18 Western democracies. O…
A world of difference: The Sources of Regional Government Composition and Alternation
This article aims to explain longitudinal and cross-sectional variation in regional government composition - oversized majorities and incongruence between regional and national governments (cross-cutting) - and regional government alternation. The analysis focuses on the explanatory value of a wide range of regional-level institutional variables, such as majoritarian vs. proportional voting systems and established practices of consociationalism. …
Left-wing regionalist populism in the ‘Celtic’ peripheries: Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party’s anti-austerity challenge against the British elites
Back to the Westminster model? The Brexit process and the UK political system
This article investigates the impact of Brexit on the British political system. By critically engaging with the conceptualisation of the Westminster model proposed by Arend Lijphart, it analyses the strains of Brexit on three dimensions developed from from Lijphart’s framework: elections and the party system, executive– legislative dynamics and the relationship between central and devolved administrations. Supplementing quantitative indicators wi…
From staunch supporters to critical observers: Explaining the turn towards Euroscepticism among regionalist parties
Based on a new dataset, this article explains a turn towards Euroscepticism by regionalist parties from the early 2000s. Our findings point to the effects of cross-dimensional ideological linkages – positions adopted on the centre-periphery and left–right dimensions – and of an increasing formal regional involvement in European Union affairs without actual influence, which leaves regionalist (and especially secessionist) parties frustrated with t…
Populism and ethno-territorial politics in European multi-level systems
Mainstream parties and the politics of immigration in Italy: A structural advantage for the right or a missed opportunity for the left
Who is in Control? Brexit and the Westminster Model
This article provides a preliminary assessment of the impact of the Brexit process—from the June 2016 referendum to June 2018—on the British political system. Drawing on the classic work of Arend Lijphart and the ensuing scholarship applying the Westminster model to Britain, it seeks to understand whether and to what extent Brexit has impacted on the majoritarian features of the system. Adapting Lijphart's criteria, it focuses on the electoral‐pa…
Electoral Reform in Italy: From Pr to Mixed System and (Almost) Back Again
This article has two objectives. The first is to describe the new electoral system which was introduced in Italy in December 2005, a little more than three months before the general election of Apr
Sailing with Northern Winds: Party Politics and Federal Reforms in Italy
Territorial reforms have been on the political agenda in Italy for the last two decades, becoming a stable issue of party competition. The breakthrough of Lega Nord (LN) in the party system has represented the main driver for federal reforms. The article argues that the bipolar and majoritarian institutional environment of the Second Republic has compelled the main state-wide parties to adopt an electoral logic that led them to accommodate the LN…
The Rise of Regionalism: Causes of Regional Mobilization in Western Europe
By Rune Dahl Fitjar Routledge, London, 2010, 208 pp., £80, ISBN 9780415494755 (hbk) What are the causes of regionalism? Why is regionalism stronger in certain regions than in others? Why is regiona
Regional elections in Italy (2012–15): Low turnout, tri-polar competition and Democratic Party’s (multi-level) dominance
Between October 2012 and May 2015, all Italian regions went to the polls to renew their assemblies and executives. In contrast to previous election rounds, only seven out of fifteen ordinary regions held their elections in (horizontal) simultaneity. For the first time, some ordinary regions held their elections in (vertical) simultaneity with the national or European election. The election results were somehow exceptional in three ways. First, th…
From Crisis to Crisis: The EU in between the Covid, Energy and Inflation Crises (and War)
Francophone Exceptionalism within Alpine Ethno-regionalism? The Cases of the Union Valdôtaine and the Ligue Savoisienne
In their book Challenges to Consensual Politics: Democracy, Identity, and Populist Protest in the Alpine Region, Daniele Caramani and Yves Mény argue that the Alpine region displays a political culture characterized, among other things, by marked conservatism, nativism and Euroscepticism. Such transnational political culture manifests itself throughout the Alpine arch by the presence of successful ethno-regionalist, right-wing populist and Eurosc…
From Europhilia to Eurorealism: The 2022 General Election in Italy
From the Porcellum to the Rosatellum: ‘Political elite-judicial interaction’ in the Italian laboratory of electoral reforms
The period from 2013 to 2018 saw Parliament experiment with a number of different electoral systems, with several potential reforms being formally discussed and two of them being fully approved: the so-called Italicum in 2015 and the Rosatellum in 2017. These reforms were triggered by interventions of the Constitutional Court that have no precedent in established democracies. As these interventions resulted in (constrained) responses by the polit…
Eppur non si muove? Prospects for constitutional reforms in Italy after the 2009 European and 2010 regional elections
The results of the 2008 Italian general election aroused expectations for the undertaking of a much awaited reform of the political system. This article discusses the prospects for constitutional reforms in Italy after the 2009 and 2010 ‘mid-term’ elections in order to provide informed speculation of the foreseeable outcomes. It analyses the interplay between the preferences of parties and the change of power relations amongst and within them in …
The European Union and the challenge of ‘independence in Europe’: Straddling between (formal) neutrality and (actual) support for member-states’ territorial integrity
In the last decade, regionalist forces have been testing the limits of the EU multi-level system by making concrete bids to ‘Independence in Europe’. This article investigates the reaction of the EU institutions in the cases of Scotland and Catalonia. The analysis, based on archive research and elite interviews, points to a certain ambiguity in the behaviour of EU institutions, whereby a claimed neutrality is contradicted by declarations that cle…
Calm before the Storm? 2019 in Perspective
At the end of our 2018 Annual Review editorial we reflected on a tough year for the EU, arguing that it was sailing through troubled waters into an unknown direction (Exadaktylos et al., 2019). The waves of populism and right-wing extremism were sweeping across Europe, the negotiations around Brexit were a political drama not only at the European but also at the British level, and EU leaders were looking to re-infuse trust in the euro, EU institu…
Sailing through Troubled Waters and towards ‘Someplace
Electoral Reform in Italy: From Pr to Mixed System and (Almost) Back Again
This article has two objectives. The first is to describe the new electoral system which was introduced in Italy in December 2005, a little more than three months before the general election of Apr
The sunrise of the Third Republic? The evolution of the Italian party-system after the 2008 general election and the prospects for constitutional reform
The results of the 2008 Italian general election were welcomed by many as the ‘sunrise of the Third Republic’, heralding a new political system which would emerge from a comprehensive constitutional reform agreed between the main parties of government and opposition. The party system now looks significantly different from that (or those) of the ‘Second Republic’. In particular, the disappearance of the radical left from Parliament and a clear red…
Explaining Regionalist Party Positioning in a Multi-dimensional Ideological Space: A Framework for Analysis
This contribution proposes an analytical framework for explaining regionalist parties' ideological positioning in the multi-dimensional political space. It focuses on three ideological dimensions: centre–periphery, left–right and European integration. Positioning along the first two dimensions is explained in terms of socio-structural characteristics of the regions and the incentives posed by institutional/political environments. Then mutual infl…
Carbon tax scenarios for China and India: Exploring politically feasible mitigation goals
Eppur non si muove? Prospects for constitutional reforms in Italy after the 2009 European and 2010 regional elections
The results of the 2008 Italian general election aroused expectations for the undertaking of a much awaited reform of the political system. This article discusses the prospects for constitutional reforms in Italy after the 2009 and 2010 ‘mid-term’ elections in order to provide informed speculation of the foreseeable outcomes. It analyses the interplay between the preferences of parties and the change of power relations amongst and within them in …
The Rise of Regionalism: Causes of Regional Mobilization in Western Europe
By Rune Dahl Fitjar Routledge, London, 2010, 208 pp., £80, ISBN 9780415494755 (hbk) What are the causes of regionalism? Why is regionalism stronger in certain regions than in others? Why is regiona
Short‐term and long‐term climate mitigation policy in Italy
This article briefly discusses climate mitigation policy in Italy. It first reviews the recent policy action and then assesses the challenges ahead. It shows that emissions in 2012 will be below the Kyoto target only if the carbon intensity of the economies continues to decline at the pre‐crisis rate. Even in this favorable case, the use of Kyoto mechanisms will likely be necessary to compensate for the high emissions of 2008. This article then e…
Francophone Exceptionalism within Alpine Ethno-regionalism? The Cases of the Union Valdôtaine and the Ligue Savoisienne
In their book Challenges to Consensual Politics: Democracy, Identity, and Populist Protest in the Alpine Region, Daniele Caramani and Yves Mény argue that the Alpine region displays a political culture characterized, among other things, by marked conservatism, nativism and Euroscepticism. Such transnational political culture manifests itself throughout the Alpine arch by the presence of successful ethno-regionalist, right-wing populist and Eurosc…
The Party Politics of Territorial Reforms in Europe
This article develops a comprehensive and dynamic framework for analysing the party politics of territorial reforms in Europe (and beyond). The main focus is on explaining the strategy of political parties on the issue of territorial reform, by which is meant the position taken on, and the salience given to, the issue of how to allocate powers and resources across levels of government. The premise is that political parties can follow an electoral…
Sailing with Northern Winds: Party Politics and Federal Reforms in Italy
Territorial reforms have been on the political agenda in Italy for the last two decades, becoming a stable issue of party competition. The breakthrough of Lega Nord (LN) in the party system has represented the main driver for federal reforms. The article argues that the bipolar and majoritarian institutional environment of the Second Republic has compelled the main state-wide parties to adopt an electoral logic that led them to accommodate the LN…
Ideology matters: Why decentralisation has a differentiated effect on regionalist parties' fortunes in Western democracies
This article addresses the effects of decentralisation reforms on regionalist parties' electoral strength. It takes up the debate between ‘accommodatists’ (i.e., electoral loss due to policy accommodation) and ‘institutionalists’ (i.e., electoral gain due to institutional empowerment). These effects depend on the electoral venue considered – regional or national – and on the ideological radicalism of a given regionalist party – secessionist or au…
Inexperienced, leftists, and grassroots democrats: A profile of the Five Star Movement’s MPs
The aim of this article is to present original empirical data on the profile of the Five Star Movement’s parliamentary group at the outset of current legislature. Who are the Movement’s parliamentary representatives, what are their ideological orientations, and how do they perceive their role vis-à-vis the other components of the party (party members and the extra-parliamentary leadership)? We think that providing answers to these questions can h…
Mainstream parties and the politics of immigration in Italy: A structural advantage for the right or a missed opportunity for the left
From class to region: How regionalist parties link (and subsume) left-right into centre-periphery politics
The primary dimension of political contestation for regionalist parties is the centre-periphery dimension but they are pressured to adopt positions on the left-right dimension by competition with state-wide parties. We argue that the relative economic position of a region is a key variable for explaining how regionalist parties adopt left-right positions and link them to the centre-periphery dimension. Based on a quantitative analysis of 74 regio…
Between autonomy and secession: Decentralization and regionalist party ideological radicalism
The literature on regionalist parties has traditionally focused on the origins of their electoral strength while their ideology remains an under-explored aspect of territorial party politics. This is surprising because for the question of whether decentralization ‘accommodates’ or ‘empowers’ regionalist pressure one needs to consider both. In this paper we single out the factors that increase the probability of adopting a radical (secessionist) a…
The regional politics of welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain
Decentralisation Reforms and Regionalist Parties’ Strength: Accommodation, Empowerment or Both
The article aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of decentralisation on regionalist parties’ strength in both national and regional elections. We consider decentralisation both as a putatively crucial event, that is, the creation of an elected regional government, and as a process. Our study is based on a dataset including aggregate vote shares for 227 regionalist parties competing in 329 regions across 18 Western democracies. O…
Populism and ethno-territorial politics in European multi-level systems
Left-wing regionalist populism in the ‘Celtic’ peripheries: Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party’s anti-austerity challenge against the British elites
Regional elections in Italy (2012–15): Low turnout, tri-polar competition and Democratic Party’s (multi-level) dominance
Between October 2012 and May 2015, all Italian regions went to the polls to renew their assemblies and executives. In contrast to previous election rounds, only seven out of fifteen ordinary regions held their elections in (horizontal) simultaneity. For the first time, some ordinary regions held their elections in (vertical) simultaneity with the national or European election. The election results were somehow exceptional in three ways. First, th…
Brexit Two Years On: Where are We Now? Introduction
The piece introduces the contents and rational of the special section, which analyses the main dyanimcs of the Brexit process, following the referendum held on 23rd June 2016
Who is in Control? Brexit and the Westminster Model
This article provides a preliminary assessment of the impact of the Brexit process—from the June 2016 referendum to June 2018—on the British political system. Drawing on the classic work of Arend Lijphart and the ensuing scholarship applying the Westminster model to Britain, it seeks to understand whether and to what extent Brexit has impacted on the majoritarian features of the system. Adapting Lijphart's criteria, it focuses on the electoral‐pa…
A world of difference: The Sources of Regional Government Composition and Alternation
This article aims to explain longitudinal and cross-sectional variation in regional government composition - oversized majorities and incongruence between regional and national governments (cross-cutting) - and regional government alternation. The analysis focuses on the explanatory value of a wide range of regional-level institutional variables, such as majoritarian vs. proportional voting systems and established practices of consociationalism. …
From the Porcellum to the Rosatellum: ‘Political elite-judicial interaction’ in the Italian laboratory of electoral reforms
The period from 2013 to 2018 saw Parliament experiment with a number of different electoral systems, with several potential reforms being formally discussed and two of them being fully approved: the so-called Italicum in 2015 and the Rosatellum in 2017. These reforms were triggered by interventions of the Constitutional Court that have no precedent in established democracies. As these interventions resulted in (constrained) responses by the polit…
Sailing through Troubled Waters and towards ‘Someplace
Political science (28 works) · Law (27 works) · Law (26 works) · Politics (24 works) · Political economy (23 works) · Sociology (23 works) · Economics (16 works) · Political Systems and Governance (14 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (12 works)