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Changing Models of Electoral Choice in Italy
No full textScholars argue that the realignment of the electorate which took place with the transition to the so-called Italian Second Republic followed mainly a traditional partisan pattern, with electors of the former centre ruling parties (the Christian Democrats and the Socialists) turning to vote for the new centre and right parties (Forza Italia and the National Alliance), while left-wing voters continued to hold their traditional allegiance. Behind this apparent electoral turmoil there would appear to be little in the way of voter mobility. Such a reading implies continuity in the motivations of voters who behaved according to their previous 'personal electoral history' and in accordance with their sub-cultural political identification. Here an alternative interpretation is proposed in which it is argued that as a result of the 1994 realignment elections voters who deserted the centre (the heirs of the Christian Democrats) did so also according to their class interest and in response to the policy proposal of the centre-right. Since that time a ‘valence model’ of electoral behaviour has begun to emerge where 'reasoning voters' react to the performance of the incumbent, and voting also depends on an assessment of leadership, policy performance and issues. © 2007, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Introduction: why populism won
No full textThis article introduces the Special Issue on the 2018 Italian general election. It presents the main features of the election and reviews contemporary models of voting choice in established democracies
LE BARRIERE ACUSTO-FOTOVOLTAICHE: Sistemi eco-efficienti per abbattere il rumore e produrre energia
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Data accuracy on automatic traffic counting: The SMART project results
No full textIn this paper the results of an experimental
survey on traffic monitoring devices, named SMART
Project, are presented. Aim of the project was to define
the requirements to be applied to traffic technologies to
match specific applications. The project involved the
construction of a test site on a main road, where seven
different traffic monitoring systems were installed. A 1 year
survey was carried out to assess technologies response to
environmental and mechanical solicitations. A reference
system specifically devoted to check and validate the
devices under test was designed for the project. Test
procedures were also developed to control the results
achieved. The outcomes accomplished for vehicles counting
are described in details in the essay hereunder
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