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Title:Responding to the 'refugee crisis' or shaping the 'refugee crisis'? : subnational migration policymaking as a cause and effect of turbulence Author(s):PETTRACHIN, Andrea
Date:2021Citation:
- Journal of immigrant & refugee studies, 2021, OnlineFirst
Type:ArticleAbstract:This article sheds light on the cognitive dimension of subnational migration policymaking, showing how policymakers’ subjective understandings of migration dynamics can decisively shape the responses of subnational political ...


Title:Opening the 'Black Box' of asylum governance : decision-making and the politics of asylum policy-making Author(s):PETTRACHIN, Andrea
Date:2020Citation:
- Italian political science review ; Rivista italiana di scienza politica, 2020, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 191-212
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]; MIGPROSPAbstract:Complementing and challenging the existing literature on the Italian asylum crisis, this article develops an actor-centred approach to open the ‘black box’ of asylum governance, showing the constitutive effects of governance ...


Title:Voting advice applications : the power of self-persuasion Author(s):TRECHSEL, Alexander H.
; GARZIA, Diego
Date:2020Citation:
- Elizabeth SUHAY, Bernard GROFMAN and Alexander H. TRECHSEL (eds), The Oxford handbook of electoral persuasion, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 925-945
Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter deals with persuasion processes in modern elections. It focuses on the impact of so-called Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) that are becoming ever more popular among citizens in the Western world and beyond. ...



Title:Decision-making processes and the (non) politicisation οf migration in Sicily Author(s):PETTRACHIN, Andrea
Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/48; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:Through analysis of the dynamics of decision-making on migration in Sicily, this paper shows how party elites define strategies to politicise (or not) the migration issue. Conventional explanations of the politicization ...


Title:Making sense of the refugee crisis : governance and politicisation of asylum-seekers’ reception in Northern Italy Author(s):PETTRACHIN, Andrea
Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/13; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:Challenging and complementing the existing literature on the Italian refugee crisis, this working paper develops an actor-centred approach to open the ‘black box’ of asylum governance processes, showing the constitutive ...


Title:When asylum policies go local : the case of socially-useful works for asylum-seekers Author(s):PETTRACHIN, Andrea
Date:2019Citation:
- Italian political science, 2019, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 1-20
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]; MIGPROSPAbstract:The local sphere of asylum policy, during the refugee crisis, became a key area of intervention for local governments. The existing literature on the topic has largely neglected the role of political affiliation in local ...


Title:Electoral debates on integration and immigration in Italian local elections : Milan, Prato and Rome compared Author(s):CASTELLI GATTINARA, Pietro
Date:2014Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2014
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This research focuses on the politicization of immigration as an issue in local electoral campaigns, comparing the cases of three Italian cities. Based on the idea that immigration must not be understood as a one-dimensional ...

Title:Voting Advice Applications under Review: The state of research Author(s):GARZIA, Diego
; MARSCHALL, StefanDate:2012Citation:
- International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2012, 5, 3-4, 203-222
Type:ArticleAbstract:In recent years, Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become a relevant object of political science research. The aim of this paper is to develop a map of the existing literature and to outline a research agenda for this ...


Title:Political parties and party systems in world politics : a comparative analysis of party-based foreign policy contestation and change Author(s):CHRYSSOGELOS, Angelos-Stylianos
Date:2012Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2012
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The argument of this dissertation is that instances of foreign policy change can be best understood as interactions between ongoing dynamics of important aspects of domestic party systems and changes in a state’s normative ...


Title:The Puzzle of Non-Party Actors in Party Democracy: Independents in Ireland Author(s):BOLLEYER, Nicole
; WEEKS, LiamDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2007/12Abstract:, be rather a liability than an advantage which has significant implications for the role of non-party actors in face of weakening party democracies. To demonstrate this point, we deliver an account of the rise of Independents ...
