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Underprivileged Voters and Electoral Exclusion in Contemporary Europe
Full text linkIl volume studia il rapporto tra partecipazione elettorale e disuguaglianze socioeconomiche inquadrando il tema sul piano teorico (la letteratura di riferimento sugli effetti politici delle trasformazioni sociali ed economiche, sul radicamento sociale dei partiti contemporanei, ecc.) e metodologico (il dibattito sulla dimensione centro-periferia). Altri aspetti trattati nel testo riguardo l'impatto delle variabili macro-istituzionali sul turnout gap e il rapporto tra partecipazione al voto delle fasce marginali della popolazione e fenomeno populist
L'attimo fuggente. Giovani e voto in Italia, tra continuità e cambiamento
No full textIl volume ricostruisce le dinamiche e i fattori che influenzano le scelte di voto dei giovani: come sono cambiati il loro orientamento ideologico e le loro preferenze partitiche nel corso del tempo e in relazione alle altre classi d’età. Le trasformazioni del contesto politico e l’emergere di nuove formazioni che si candidano a intercettare i neo-elettori hanno evidenziato l’urgenza di un approfondimento teorico e di ricerca sugli effetti politici del ricambio generazionale. Questo studio vuole rispondere a tali interrogativi e offrire un quadro storico-comparativo del comportamento elettorale mettendolo in relazione con il grande tema della partecipazione dei giovani
Disuguaglianze socioeconomiche ed esclusione elettorale : il caso italiano in prospettiva comparata
No full textll contributo si propone di ricostruire dimensioni, caratteristiche ed evoluzione dei divari partecipativi (partecipazione elettorale) tra gruppi privilegiati e sottoprivilegiati in Europa a partire dai primi anni 2000. Dopo aver ripercorso brevemente il dibattito teorico sul ruolo delle «risorse» nell’attivazione politica, passo a tracciare un quadro dettagliato dell’impatto esercitato sulla partecipazione elettorale dallo status socioeconomico e dalla condizione lavorativa. Particolare attenzione è riservata alle differenze nazionali, in particolare al caso italiano e mediterraneo. Le conclusioni aprono a una riflessione sulle conseguenze di un modello di democrazia a bassa partecipazione rispetto alla capacità di funzionamento e alla garanzia di un’equa rappresentanza di tutte le istanze sociali
Esclusi per legge. “Non-eligible voters” come categoria negletta delle democrazie contemporanee
Full text linkThe inclusive nature of the electoral moment (for all adults) is one of the fundamental criteria of the modern democratic process based on universal suffrage (Dahl 2000, 37-8). However, there is always a more or less significant difference between the number of individuals theoretically entitled to vote based on age (VAP, voting-age population) and the number of those who can effectively do so (VEP, voting-eligible population), meaning those who are legally authorized to participate in elections. Although it is lower compared to the United States case (McDonald 2001), where certain social groups are dissuaded from voting due to mandatory registration procedures (Avery and Peffley 2005; Delwin 2013), the gap between different measurements of turnout is also observed in Europe (Geys 2006; Tuorto 2022). This article aims to compare the countries of the EU-27 (+ United Kingdom) regarding the criteria that regulate inclusion/exclusion and the low participation of social groups most susceptible to temporary or permanent limitations in their participation in voting, in relation to specific conditions and/or public behavior. In particular, the article examines the situation of four categories of voters: individuals with psycho-physical disabilities, convicted offenders, non-resident citizens (natives abroad), and non-citizen residents (immigrants). The heterogeneity of situations found within the European common area highlights significant differences on a legislative and cultural level, attributable to dominant social representations and the normative translation of these representations. The systematic alienation or exclusion of certain social groups from elections raises a legitimacy problem for the quintessential moment of exercising democracy, in the presence of legal, administrative, and symbolic barriers that make electoral results imperfect and at least partially distorted
La Lega di Salvini. Estrema destra di governo
No full textIl volume ricostruisce l'evoluzione della Lega Nord dalla crisi del 2013 alla dirigenza Salvini. Si sofferma sull'organizzazione interna del partito (cap 2), sulla distribuzione del voto sul territorio (cap 3), sui profili dell'elettorato (cap 4) e sul confronto tra voto alla Lega e voto al M5s (cap 5), per concludere (cap 6) con una riflessione sul futuro del partito di Salvini nello scenario politico italian
Quale genere di astensionismo? La partecipazione elettorale delle donne in Italia nel periodo 1948-2018
Full text linkIn the study of voter turnout, a gender perspective is useful in many ways. Since in Italy women gained the right to vote relatively late (only in 1946), a gender gap perspective is utmost handy to grasp why women had an immediate and massive participation over the First Republic. It is also relevant for understanding why their institutional representation comparatively still scores low and why women still do not bear a grounded interest for politics. Previous research explains this anomalous behav- iour (high turnout coupled with low institutional presence and interest) through the overwhelming social conformism in the Fi ies and Sixties as an output of a stark con- trast between mass parties, Catholic in uence and deep social peer pressure. In the Second Republic, the explanation for the rise of female abstention is related to both the secularization of social and family behaviours and a general disa ection towards poli- tics. is article outlines a long-term read of gender gap in the political turnout (1948- 2018) through the aid of two sections (one pointing out the initial characteristics for a strong mobilization of female voters and another pinpointing the reverse phenomenon in the last 30 years). We then o er some points for discussion about attributed mean- ings, working from within inequalities and possible future e ective policies to contain and reduce the gender gap in political turnout
From the Lega Nord to Salvini’s League : changing everything to change nothing?
Full text linkThe article aims to retrace the transformations of the Lega Nord under the leadership of Matteo Salvini by focusing on the analysis of key dimensions such as: the ideology and issue positions, the territorial distribution of vote, and the party internal organization. The actual Lega of Salvini is undoubtedly different from the party of the origin. Regionalist claims and a fluid ideological trait have turned into far-right, nationalistic and anti-E.U. perspective, which allowed to drain votes from new and different socio-geographic contexts, even without a durable electoral rootedness. The article also highlights how the recent season of success for the Lega introduced elements of uncertainty in the strategies, alliances, and the party identity itself during a critical period of the Italian politics and under the effect of the pandemic crisis
Class, religion and socialist parties : the unpredicted effect of (a)religious voting
Full text linkIn recent years, academic literature has stressed the declining importance of social class and religion as determinants of vote. In particular, many scholars have found that the working-class vote is no longer mostly addressed to socialist parties, whereas religious people still massively support confessional and conservative parties. This article explores the actual resilience of the two cleavages with particular attention to the relationship between religion and socialist parties. Our analysis, based on European Social Survey (ESS) data covering 13 West European countries in the period 2002–2014, proves that ‘a-religiosity’ – negative attitudes towards religion – has overcome social class as the determinant of a socialist vote, thanks to the emergence of a divisive ethical–moral agenda. This process is more visible in those countries where the Church and religious associations play an active role in the political arena and the ethical–moral issues have been politicized, as in Catholic and multi-faith countries
La Lega Nord oltre il Po
No full textL'articolo analizza il comportamento elettorale nel caso della Lega Nord dopo un'importante espansione elettoraleThe artciles analyzes data on the electoral behavior of Northern League's voters after a big electoral advanc
Editors' introduction: Frustrated electoral expectations
No full textThe special issue features six original contributions, each one portraying different perspectives and examining multiple research objects, and all with the common aim of answering the general question about the dimension and intensity of the political change that intervened after the vote of February 2013
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