From Old Labour to New Labour. From the PCI to the PD. A comparative study of party change.
Supervisor: Professor John Loughlin
Trinity Hall
Research Interests
Political parties
Left-wing politics
British politics
Italian politics
American politics
Role of ideas in political developments
Comparative Politics
Historical and Discursive Institutionalism.
Key Publications
Giugni L., Lazar M., ‘The Italian Elections in Historical Perspective’, in ‘The Italian Elections of February 2013: Towards a Third Republic?’, Special Issue of Contemporary Italian Politics, Taylor & Francis, London 2013.
Giugni L., ‘The Italian Left at a crossroads’, in Renewal, Lawrence & Wishart, London 2014.
Giugni L., Book Review ‘The Gingrich Senators: The Roots of Partisan Warfare in Congress’ by Theriault S., in Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Taylor & Francis, London 2014.
Lazar M., in cooperation with Giugni L., ‘From Communism to Centre Left. Analysis of an unprecedented political trajectory’, in Mammone A., Veltri G., Parini G. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy: History, Politics and Society, Routledge, London. Forthcoming in late 2014.