Political Sciences

A detailed analysis of what populism has been like since 2002 in two articles by Massimo Morelli and coauthors

The relationship with the idea of pluralism is what distinguishes populism from liberal democracies, as Giunia Gatta explains in a book and a paper that recover the ideas of Judith Shklar

How do politicians, right and left, behave when dealing with the terrorist threat? This is explained by a paper by Livio Di Lonardo

Where organized crime is stronger, political violence intensifies in electoral periods and turns out to be an effective signal for voters and politicians, a study by Bocconi's Paolo Pinotti and colleagues concludes. Parties that oppose organized crime obtain less votes and elected politicians are reluctant to take action against the criminals

The Selection Committee of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory bases its choices on scientific excellence, originality, and leadership

A new study based on Chikungunya outbreaks in Italy in 2007 and 2017 shows that larvicides are more effective at the beginning of summer and in warmer seasons, while adulticides are to be preferred in autumn and in colder seasons