Fishing from the same schools: Parliamentary recruitment and consociationalism in the first and second Italian republics

Recchi, Ettore

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“…The replacement of the parliamentary class, which is so far the only definite outcome of the Italian transition (apart from the falling apart of the old party system), does not necessarily eliminate the old access routes. From this perspective, the 1996 elections simply mark an adjustment of what had already been observed in 1994, confirming the tendency of all those parties that are 'heirs' to the first republic to produce a political class with a party stamp (Recchi 1996). Nonetheless, the new elements that have emerged (and are now confirmed) are sufficient to verify other hypotheses on change.…”

Section: Towards a New Political Professionalism? The Parliamentary Csupporting

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“…Adopting Cotta's (1979) conceptualization, I would suggest that within the centre-left (and particularly the PDS and Rifondazione), there are clear signs that a pronounced career professionalization will prevail, while in the Catholic parties of the Polo, as well as in Alleanza Nazionale, the professionalization of activity is likely to prevail. The case of Forza Italia, in which we can confirm an emphasis on homines novi (Recchi 1996), and in which the party leadership and parliamentary class are quite separate, is clearly a case apart, as is perhaps that of the Lega. More generally, I would therefore suggest that the prospects for a consolidation of the political class in the coming years today will revolve around three theoretical types of professionalization:…”

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The parliamentary elite in transition

Verzichelli

1998

European J Political Res

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Only two years after the critical elections of 27 March 1994, the Italian parliamentary election of 1996 marks another important step in the transformation of the political class. The extent of turnover is declining, and the renewal of the parliamentary elite shows some signs of stabilization. This article inquires into the differences in the sociological configuration of the new elite, and whether this means that new consolidated pathways to the parliamentary elite now already exist. The article analyzes the distribution of freshmen in the political class, the return of old backbenchers in the new political parties, the social and occupational background of MPs and, finally, their local and political experiences. In the final section, the article discusses some hypotheses about the perspectives on the recruitment of Italian MPs, focusing in particular on the effects of the structural crisis of political parties and the introduction of the plurality system. An empirically-derived typology of professionalization patterns is also provided. 1994-1996: A complex period of renewalThe recent Italian transition has re-opened questions that in recent years had been ignored by political analysis, such as the transformation of the political class and of its selection and career models. The central question to be posed here is whether a new political class already exists, and if so, what are its characteristics? The difficulty in finding answers to such questions appears paradoxical in a country where, for almost half a century, the degree of continuity recorded in the characteristics of political elites often frustrated the researcher's work (Mastropaolo 1994). Moreover, it is a complex problem, whose solution must be sought in social and political phenomena far removed from the beginning of the Italian transition. These phenomena have, in fact, been identified by analysts, and the theoretical framework of reference can be divided into three major arguments. First, the link between parliamentary change and the decline of mass parties -a phenomenon already evident at the end of the last decade -which has impelled analysts to propose new theoretical models of party forms (e.g. Katz & Mair 1995). The second and third streams are linked to the evolution of the Italian case in particular, and refer respectively to interpretations of the recent crisis and the transition that followed, and the effects of the electoral reforms.

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The parliamentary elite in transition

Verzichelli

1998

European J Political Res

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“…Vários estudos têm demonstrado que os partidos são o filtro político por excelência que, ao lado dos filtros sociais, acaba definindo a estrutura de oportunidades para aqueles que pretendem se dedicar à atividade política. Por essa razão, é fundamental estudar as características de seus filiados, o funcionamento do processo interno de escolha de candidatos, as características (sociais e ideológicas) dos que controlam esse processo e, por fim, o perfil final dos candidatos (PENNINGS; HAZAN, 2001;HOPKIN, 2001;WESSELS, 1997;NORRIS;LOVEDUSKI, 1997;RECCHI, 1996).…”

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Origem social dos parlamentares paranaenses (1995-2006): alguns achados e algumas questões de pesquisa

Perissinoto¹,

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Tribess³

2009

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O objetivo do artigo é, seguindo algumas sugestões da literatura, traçar um perfil sócioeconômico e educacional dos parlamentares paranaenses, no período de 1995 a 2006. Pretende-se, em seguida, testar para o Paraná a hipótese de que existe alguma relação entre a posição dos partidos políticos no espectro ideológico (esquerda-direita) e a origem social dos deputados analisados. Por fim, pretendese fazer algumas sugestões de pesquisa que, caso fossem realizadas, seriam fundamentais para o avanço do estudo das elites políticas regionais e nacionais.

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“…La sostituzione della classe parlamentare, unico effetto certo della transizione italiana (unitamente con la destrutturazione del vecchio sistema partitico) non cancella necessariamente i vecchi percorsi di accesso. Le elezioni del 1996 portano, sotto questo profilo, soltanto un assestamento rispetto a quanto osservato due anni prima e confermano la tendenza, da parte di tutti i partiti «eredi» della prima repubblica, a produrre una classe politica di marca partitica (Recchi 1996). Tuttavia Ie novita emerse (ed oggi conferrnate) sono sufficienti per verificare piu ipotesi suI mutamento, basate su fattori che giocano in modo diverso nei vari schieramenti.…”

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“…Facendo ricorso alIa concettualizzazione avanzata da Cotta (1979), direi che nel personale del centro-sinistra (con particolare riferimento a quello che rappresentano Pds e Rcl permangono segnali evidenti di una alta professionalizzazione di carriera, mentre in quello proveniente dai partiti cattolici del polo e da An ela professionalizzazione di attiuitd a prevalere. Rispetto a queste varianti che rientrano comunque in un tipo di reclutamento connotato da un elevato livello di professionismo politico, si discosta il caso di Forza Italia, nel quale abbiamo osservato Ie conferme del ricorso ad homines novi (Recchi 1996) e della separazione tra dirigenza partitica e classe parlamentare. Infine dobbiamo tenere distinto un terzo possibi-Ie tipo, costruito sui caratteri indicati dal ristretto rna significativo personale parlamentare della Lega Nord.…”

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La Classe Politica Della Transizione

Verzichelli¹

1996

Riv. Ital. Sci. Polit.

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1994-1996. Un complesso periodo di rinnovamentoLa recente transizione italiana ha riaperto questioni che negli ultimi anni erano state trascurate dalle analisi politologiche, come le trasformazioni della classe politica e dei suoi modelli di selezione e carriera. Diversi contributi hanno evidenziato la nuova rilevanza assunta da tali questioni, confortati peraltro da un'ampia produzione pubblicistica che si è concentrata essenzialmente sulle caratteristiche socio-professionali dei nuovi politici e sul tasso di rinnovamento del personale parlamentare.

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Fishing from the same schools: Parliamentary recruitment and consociationalism in the first and second Italian republics

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The parliamentary elite in transition

The parliamentary elite in transition

Origem social dos parlamentares paranaenses (1995-2006): alguns achados e algumas questões de pesquisa

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