Gianni Del Panta
Biographic Data
| ID | 929647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gianni Del Panta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gianni |
| FAMILY NAME | Del Panta |
| SIGNATURE | DEL PANTA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Siena |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6914-4462 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Buying time
During the recent food crisis in Tunisia, President Kais Saied adopted a wait-and-see strategy that was not aimed at rapidly resolving the crisis, but rather at buying time. The article has two main aims. First, in order to understand the apparently counterintuitive behaviour of Tunisia’s government, it calls for a politically and historically grounded understanding of food politics in the country. Tunisia’s dependent and subordinate position wit…
Studying Revolutions Through Antonio Gramsci’s Concept of Historical Bloc
The imperialist roots of Tunisia’s food crisis
The recent outbreak of a severe food crisis in Tunisia has sparked a debate over its causes. By re-articulating the basic principles of the food security paradigm, most of the scholarship has pointed to Tunisia’s inability to address the disarticulation of global food supply chains and rise of food prices, effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, at a time when domestic production of cereals declined due to waves of drought. From …
The disproportional consequences of a proportional bargain
What is a “regime”? Three definitions and their implications for the future of regime studies
This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record
Mobilising in a (former)-red subculture industrial district
The article contributes to the understanding of the impact of capitalism on social movements that mobilise against environmental pollution. While research on the topic has looked especially at global trends in capitalist development, the analysis switches attention to the specific local forms of economic development. It does so by focusing on the so-called district economy and related local political subcultures, looking at their decline in parti…
No smiling for Algerian workers
Between March 2019 and October 2021, Algerian workers staged no fewer than 214 strikes, playing a vital role in the fall of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and continuing to mobilise in the aftermath. Yet, they have gained little. This article constructs an innovative dataset on strikes in Algeria, which draws on both French-language and Arabic newspapers, to explain why workers have achieved only modest gains. It does so by pointing to th…
Reflections on the Failure of the Egyptian Revolution
Between January 2011 and July 2013, Egypt underwent a revolutionary period. While the roots and sequences of the Egyptian revolution have been studied comprehensively, much less has been said about the reasons behind the revolution’s defeat. The reason is twofold. On the one hand, scholars prevalently have explored democratization’s failure. On the other hand, the way in which Egyptian events were understood logically prevented the possibility of…
Defeating Autocrats from below
By focusing on the 2019 Algerian uprising that led to Bouteflika's removal, this article explores how broad and mass-based convergences of various social and political opposition actors can produce an existential threat to autocracies. It develops a dynamic understanding that analyses the behaviour of political groups, social classes, and state actors. To do so, it points to the hegemonic contraction of the ruling coalition, the outbreak of a lon…
Cross-Class and Cross-Ideological Convergences over Time
The 2010–11 Arab uprisings continue to prompt a great deal of discussion. By focusing specifically on Tunisia and Egypt, this article aims to present a more dynamic account of revolutionary moments in these countries. It does so in two ways. First, the changing nature of structures and mechanisms of authoritarian domination over time is explored. Second, the convergences of different social classes and political forces during the uprisings in Tun…
The stubbornness of authoritarianism
Whilst much of the contemporary debate on regime change remains concentrated on transitions to and from democracy, this paper focuses on autocracy-to-autocracy transitions, a relatively understudied but particularly relevant phenomenon. Building on an updated typology of non-democratic regimes and through a qualitative case-by-case assessment, the present paper identifies 21 transitions from one dictatorship to another, out of 32 cases of autocra…
Revolution without revolutionaries
The 2010–2011 Arab uprisings continue to foster considerable debate. In a paradoxical way, however, such extraordinarily intense revolutions have tended to be analysed through the theoretical lens
Crisis and breakdown of non-democratic regimes
Does rentierism have a conditional effect on violence? Regime oil dependency and civil war in Algeria
Weathering the storm
This article re-opens the discussion of why there was "no Arab Uprising in Algeria." After critically reviewing previous findings, the paper suggests that the stability of the Algerian regime was mainly a result of the non-formation of a cross-class and cross-ideological coalition. Splitting this hypothesis into its two main parts, it will be shown, first, that the working class was the missing element. Two factors explain this: (a) the numerical…
Cross-Class and Cross-Ideological Convergences over Time
The 2010–11 Arab uprisings continue to prompt a great deal of discussion. By focusing specifically on Tunisia and Egypt, this article aims to present a more dynamic account of revolutionary moments in these countries. It does so in two ways. First, the changing nature of structures and mechanisms of authoritarian domination over time is explored. Second, the convergences of different social classes and political forces during the uprisings in Tun…
Weathering the storm
This article re-opens the discussion of why there was "no Arab Uprising in Algeria." After critically reviewing previous findings, the paper suggests that the stability of the Algerian regime was mainly a result of the non-formation of a cross-class and cross-ideological coalition. Splitting this hypothesis into its two main parts, it will be shown, first, that the working class was the missing element. Two factors explain this: (a) the numerical…
Defeating Autocrats from below
By focusing on the 2019 Algerian uprising that led to Bouteflika's removal, this article explores how broad and mass-based convergences of various social and political opposition actors can produce an existential threat to autocracies. It develops a dynamic understanding that analyses the behaviour of political groups, social classes, and state actors. To do so, it points to the hegemonic contraction of the ruling coalition, the outbreak of a lon…
Does rentierism have a conditional effect on violence? Regime oil dependency and civil war in Algeria
What is a “regime”? Three definitions and their implications for the future of regime studies
This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record
The stubbornness of authoritarianism
Whilst much of the contemporary debate on regime change remains concentrated on transitions to and from democracy, this paper focuses on autocracy-to-autocracy transitions, a relatively understudied but particularly relevant phenomenon. Building on an updated typology of non-democratic regimes and through a qualitative case-by-case assessment, the present paper identifies 21 transitions from one dictatorship to another, out of 32 cases of autocra…
Mobilising in a (former)-red subculture industrial district
The article contributes to the understanding of the impact of capitalism on social movements that mobilise against environmental pollution. While research on the topic has looked especially at global trends in capitalist development, the analysis switches attention to the specific local forms of economic development. It does so by focusing on the so-called district economy and related local political subcultures, looking at their decline in parti…
No smiling for Algerian workers
Between March 2019 and October 2021, Algerian workers staged no fewer than 214 strikes, playing a vital role in the fall of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and continuing to mobilise in the aftermath. Yet, they have gained little. This article constructs an innovative dataset on strikes in Algeria, which draws on both French-language and Arabic newspapers, to explain why workers have achieved only modest gains. It does so by pointing to th…
Reflections on the Failure of the Egyptian Revolution
Between January 2011 and July 2013, Egypt underwent a revolutionary period. While the roots and sequences of the Egyptian revolution have been studied comprehensively, much less has been said about the reasons behind the revolution’s defeat. The reason is twofold. On the one hand, scholars prevalently have explored democratization’s failure. On the other hand, the way in which Egyptian events were understood logically prevented the possibility of…
Does rentierism have a conditional effect on violence? Regime oil dependency and civil war in Algeria
Weathering the storm
This article re-opens the discussion of why there was "no Arab Uprising in Algeria." After critically reviewing previous findings, the paper suggests that the stability of the Algerian regime was mainly a result of the non-formation of a cross-class and cross-ideological coalition. Splitting this hypothesis into its two main parts, it will be shown, first, that the working class was the missing element. Two factors explain this: (a) the numerical…
Revolution without revolutionaries
The 2010–2011 Arab uprisings continue to foster considerable debate. In a paradoxical way, however, such extraordinarily intense revolutions have tended to be analysed through the theoretical lens
Crisis and breakdown of non-democratic regimes
The stubbornness of authoritarianism
Whilst much of the contemporary debate on regime change remains concentrated on transitions to and from democracy, this paper focuses on autocracy-to-autocracy transitions, a relatively understudied but particularly relevant phenomenon. Building on an updated typology of non-democratic regimes and through a qualitative case-by-case assessment, the present paper identifies 21 transitions from one dictatorship to another, out of 32 cases of autocra…
Cross-Class and Cross-Ideological Convergences over Time
The 2010–11 Arab uprisings continue to prompt a great deal of discussion. By focusing specifically on Tunisia and Egypt, this article aims to present a more dynamic account of revolutionary moments in these countries. It does so in two ways. First, the changing nature of structures and mechanisms of authoritarian domination over time is explored. Second, the convergences of different social classes and political forces during the uprisings in Tun…
Reflections on the Failure of the Egyptian Revolution
Between January 2011 and July 2013, Egypt underwent a revolutionary period. While the roots and sequences of the Egyptian revolution have been studied comprehensively, much less has been said about the reasons behind the revolution’s defeat. The reason is twofold. On the one hand, scholars prevalently have explored democratization’s failure. On the other hand, the way in which Egyptian events were understood logically prevented the possibility of…
Defeating Autocrats from below
By focusing on the 2019 Algerian uprising that led to Bouteflika's removal, this article explores how broad and mass-based convergences of various social and political opposition actors can produce an existential threat to autocracies. It develops a dynamic understanding that analyses the behaviour of political groups, social classes, and state actors. To do so, it points to the hegemonic contraction of the ruling coalition, the outbreak of a lon…
Mobilising in a (former)-red subculture industrial district
The article contributes to the understanding of the impact of capitalism on social movements that mobilise against environmental pollution. While research on the topic has looked especially at global trends in capitalist development, the analysis switches attention to the specific local forms of economic development. It does so by focusing on the so-called district economy and related local political subcultures, looking at their decline in parti…
No smiling for Algerian workers
Between March 2019 and October 2021, Algerian workers staged no fewer than 214 strikes, playing a vital role in the fall of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and continuing to mobilise in the aftermath. Yet, they have gained little. This article constructs an innovative dataset on strikes in Algeria, which draws on both French-language and Arabic newspapers, to explain why workers have achieved only modest gains. It does so by pointing to th…
Studying Revolutions Through Antonio Gramsci’s Concept of Historical Bloc
The imperialist roots of Tunisia’s food crisis
The recent outbreak of a severe food crisis in Tunisia has sparked a debate over its causes. By re-articulating the basic principles of the food security paradigm, most of the scholarship has pointed to Tunisia’s inability to address the disarticulation of global food supply chains and rise of food prices, effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, at a time when domestic production of cereals declined due to waves of drought. From …
The disproportional consequences of a proportional bargain
What is a “regime”? Three definitions and their implications for the future of regime studies
This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record
Buying time
During the recent food crisis in Tunisia, President Kais Saied adopted a wait-and-see strategy that was not aimed at rapidly resolving the crisis, but rather at buying time. The article has two main aims. First, in order to understand the apparently counterintuitive behaviour of Tunisia’s government, it calls for a politically and historically grounded understanding of food politics in the country. Tunisia’s dependent and subordinate position wit…
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