Polity and Government
This field of study addresses the main actors and processes of change in contemporary democracies in a comparative perspective. Specifically, the main comparative research topics are: the language of politics and the analysis of its concepts; the organizational structure of political parties; the relationships between leadership and democracy and between the elections and voting behaviors; the relationship among politics, law and rights; the functions, the organization and the administration of the different levels of government: European, National and Regional; the new actors and processes of governance. Main research topics:
- Elections and consensus
- Parties and leaders
- Law, rights and democracy
- Politics and parties
- European, National and Regional Government