Keywords:
Parties and Party Systems
Electoral Systems
Public Opinion
Government-Parliament Relationships
Regional Governments
The link between the structure of the political competition and the
functioning of government institutions (electoral systems, voting
behavior, parliamentary coalitions, government-parliament
relations, constitutional reforms, institutional performance). The
latest researches focused on electoral competition, policy-making
and institutional performance in the Italian Regions, the
organizational transformation of political parties, bicameralism
and law making in the Italian parliament.
