The Grande Riforma of the Italian Constitution: Majoritarian versus Participatory Democracy?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F17%3A10363939" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/17:10363939 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2017.1338446" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2017.1338446</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2017.1338446" target="_blank" >10.1080/23248823.2017.1338446</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Grande Riforma of the Italian Constitution: Majoritarian versus Participatory Democracy?
Original language description
The economic crisis has triggered various constitutional reform processes in Europe, indicating a trend towards innovative forms of civic participation. In Italy, major constitutional reform attempts have been made since 2013. The article critically discusses the Italian case from the perspective of the meaningful participation of civil society and the citizenry in constitutional reform. First, it discusses civic participation in constitutional politics in theoretical terms, and places Italian constitutional reform in a comparative, European perspective. Second, the current reform is placed in the historical context of an Italian 'season of constitutional reform'. Third, the recent constitutional reform attempts are examined closely, with an emphasis on the main 'constitutional entrepreneurs', the reform process, and types of civic engagement with the reform. Fourth, 'constitutional resistance' to the Grande Riforma is discussed. The article concludes that the recent, unsuccessful, reform attempt neatly fits a repertoire of constitutional instrumentalism and majoritarianism that has emerged in the last 25 years, driven by mainstream parties, and displaying relatively little attention to civic participation in reform, while facing robust resistance from civil society and opposition parties.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Contemporary Italian Politics
ISSN
2324-8823
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
9
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
124-141
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85035006628