I Candidati

Mattina, Liborio

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“…The idea of a total overthrow of traditional, centralized candidate selection procedures was already undermined by initial analyses of the 1994 elections, when the need for renewal and the experience of organizational disarray may have served to enhance the triumph of territorialization (Mattina 1994;Lanza 1995). That said, the recourse to majoritarian competition and to single-member candidatures have led to profound changes in party strategies (Katz 1996), and we can now verify earlier hypotheses on the potential effects of a learning process in the single-member constituency system (Verzichelli 1994) which suggested the possible emergence of a parliamentary class that would be relatively independent of the national political class, and more influenced by the social and economic structures at the local level.…”

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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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“…Anche riguardo agli effetti della normativa elettorale maggioritaria si possono costruire ipotesi differenti: l'idea di un ribaltamento totale delle procedure tradizionali di selezione centralizzata delle candidature veniva gia fortemente messa in dubbio dalle prime analisi dedicate aIle elezioni del 1994, quando pure l' esigenza di rinnovamento e il disagio organizzativo dei partiti avrebbero potuto determinare il trionfo della territorializzazione (Mattina 1994;Lanza 1995). Tuttavia, il ricorso alIa competizione maggioritaria ed alIa candidatura uninominale ha prodotto alterazioni profonde nelle strategie partitiche (Katz 1996), e possiamo tornare a verificare ipotesi sugli effetti di un processo di apprendimento del sistema uninominale (Verzichelli 1994), che consisterebbero nell'emergere di una classe parlamentare relativamente slegata dal ceto politico nazionale, e maggiormente condizionata dalle strutture sociali ed economiche delle realta locali.…”

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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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The business firm model of party organisation: Cases from Spain and Italy

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Paolucci

1999

European J Political Res

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Discussion of new forms of party organisation have largely focused on the ways in which institutionalised parties have adapted to pressures towards 'catch-all' or 'electoralprofessional' behaviour. This article examines the ways in which new parties respond to these pressures. A model of the 'party as business firm' is generated from rational choice assumptions and it is suggested that such a model can emerge when new party systems are created in advanced societies. Two cases of political parties which resemble the business firm model in important ways are analysed in order to gauge the consequences of this type of party organisation: UCD in Spain and Forza Italia in Italy. On the basis of this analysis it is argued that business firm parties are likely to be electorally unstable and politically incoherent, and also prone to serving particularistic interests.

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I Candidati

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The parliamentary elite in transition

La Classe Politica Della Transizione

The business firm model of party organisation: Cases from Spain and Italy

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