D'Alimonte R., Fusaro C (a cura di), La legislazione elettorale in Italia. Come migliorarla e perché. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008. ISBN 978-88-15-12519-4 L'interruzione, dopo solo due anni, della XV legislatura ha confermato i seri problemi del nostro assetto politico-istituzionale, e in particolare i limiti del sistema elettorale. Nel contempo, ha mostrato una volta di più quanto sia difficile riformare la legislazione in vigore. L'aspro dibattito che ha accompagnato questa conclusione si è soffermato quasi esclusivamente sui vizi macroscopici della legge elettorale del 2005. Ma la legislazione elettorale non riguarda soltanto i meccanismi di trasformazione dei voti in seggi. Nel delineare un'agenda organica e...

With the new year, the CISE Seminar Series is back.  The new series will run from September to December 2019. The CISE Seminar Series was born from: 1) the need and interest of the CISE to establish a practice of open discussion for the work in progress of its researchers; 2) the aim to establish and consolidate a network of scientific interaction relating the CISE within the LUISS research community (both in the Department of Political Science and in other departments) and with other universities in the Rome area. As a result,...

To cite the article: Marco Improta, Unpacking government instability. Cabinet duration, innovation, and termination events in Italy between 1948 and 2021, in "Quaderni di scienza politica" 2/2022, pp. 151-180, doi: 10.48271/104790 The article, published on Quaderni di Scienza Politica, can be accessed here Abstract Government instability is widely recognised as a distinctive feature of the Italian political system. This topic has traditionally received considerable scholarly attention. In particular, an established body of research has demonstrated that Italian cabinets are among the most short-lived in...