Waving the same flag? Government legislation and obstructionism during the Covid-19 crisis in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6276346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paolo Gambacciani (0000-0001-6356-1081), Andrea Pedrazzani (0000-0003-1262-2686), Luca Pinto (0000-0003-1165-4475) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-8402 • E-ISSN: 2057-4908 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ipo.2024.29 |
| OpenAlex | W4406038363 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
This study examines the amendatory activities of the majority and opposition parties in the Italian 18th legislature (2018–2022) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Following the rally around the flag hypothesis, we test whether both sides exhibited similar legislative behaviour during emergencies. We exploit an original database covering amendments tabled by Italian legislators on bills converting decree-laws. Results reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic affected amendment activities without aligning majority and opposition behaviours. In other words, the opposition did not pull in the same direction of the government legislation. This can be explained by contingent factors and pre-existing party polarization
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Flag (linear algebra · Government (linguistics · Legislation · Linguistics · Outbreak · Political science · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Internal Medicine · Law · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Virology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |