MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
My field of research is comparative politics with a particular emphasis on elections and party systems. My regional specialization is in Western Europe. I have also worked on voting behavior, electoral systems, issues and party competition, party leader selection rules, Euroscepticism, personal vote and territorial politics.
ONGOING RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2022), The deinstitutionalization of Western European party systems, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Emanuele, V. (2018), Cleavages, institutions, and competition. Understanding vote nationalization in Western Europe (1965-2015), London: Rowman and Littlefield/ECPR Press.
Articles in peer reviewed journals (english)
Emanuele, V., Marino, B., and Diodati, N.M. (2022), 'When institutions matter: electoral systems and intraparty fractionalization in Western Europe', Comparative European Politics. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-022-00319-z.
Emanuele, V., Improta, M., Marino, B., and Verzichelli, L. (2022), 'Going technocratic? Diluting governing responsibility in electorally turbulent times', West European Politics, doi:10.1080/01402382.2022.2095494.
Emanuele, V., Angelucci, D., and Vittori, D. (2022), 'Editorial: The Left Behind: Crisis and Challenges of the Left in Contemporary Democracies', Frontiers in Political Science, doi: 10.3389/fpos.2022.977647.
Emanuele, V., Santana, A., and Rama, J. (2022), 'Anatomy of the Italian populist breakthrough: a ‘demarcationist’ fuel driving Lega and Five-star Movement electoral success?', Contemporary Italian Politics, 14(1), 49-67.
Emanuele, V. (2021), 'Lost in Translation? Class Cleavage Roots and Left Electoral Mobilization in Western Europe', Perspectives on Politics, 1-19. doi:10.1017/S1537592721000943. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. and Sikk, A. (2021), 'Party crashers? Modeling genuinely new party development paths in Western Europe', Party Politics, 27(5), 883-895 (.pdf here).
Emanuele V, Marino B, Angelucci D (2020), The congealing of a new cleavage? The evolution of the demarcation bloc in Europe (1979–2019). Italian Political Science Review, 50(3), 314-333. (.pdf here).
Chiaramonte, A., De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2020), ‘Salvini’s success and the collapse of the Five-star Movement: The European elections of 2019', Contemporary Italian Politics, 12(2), 140-154.
Emanuele, V., Chiaramonte, A., and Soare, S. (2020), 'Does the Iron Curtain Still Exist? The Convergence in Electoral Volatility between Eastern and Western Europe', Government and Opposition, 55(2), 308-326 (.pdf here).
Emanuele, V. and Chiaramonte, A. (2020), 'Going out of the ordinary. The de-institutionalization of the Italian party system in comparative perspective', Contemporary Italian Politics, 12(1), 4-22.
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N., and Paparo, A. (2020), 'The times they are a-changin’: party campaign strategies in the 2018 Italian election', West European Politics, 43(3), 665-687.
Emanuele, V. and Chiaramonte, A. (2019), 'Explaining the impact of new parties in the Western European party systems', Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 29(4), 490-510.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2019), ‘Towards turbulent times: measuring and explaining party system (de-)institutionalization in Western Europe (1945-2015)’, Italian Political Science Review, 49(1), 1-23 (.pdf here).
Chiaramonte, A., Emanuele, V., Maggini, N, and Paparo, A. (2018), 'Populist Success in a Hung Parliament: The 2018 General Election in Italy', South European Society and Politics, 23(4), 479-501 (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. and Chiaramonte, A. (2018), 'A growing impact of new parties: myth or reality? Party system innovation in Western Europe after 1945', Party Politics, 24(5), 475-487. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. (2018), 'Introduction to the to the Special Issue ‘Who’s the winner? An analysis of the 2018 Italian general election', Italian Political Science, 13(1), 1-7.
De Sio, L., De Angelis, A., and Emanuele, V. (2018), 'Issue yield and party strategy in multi-party competition', Comparative Political Studies, 51(9), pp. 1208-1238 (.pdf here).
Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. (2017), ‘The June municipal elections’. Italian Politics. The Great Reform That Never Was, 32 (2017): 90–110 doi:10.3167/ip.2017.320107.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2017), 'Party System Volatility, Regeneration and De-Institutionalization in Western Europe (1945-2015)', Party Politics, 23(4), pp. 376-388. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2016), 'Follow the candidates, not the parties? Personal vote in a regional de-institutionalised party system', Regional and Federal Studies, 26(4), pp. 531-554. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N. and Marino, B. (2016). ‘Gaining Votes in Europe against Europe? How National Contexts Shaped the Results of Eurosceptic Parties in the 2014 European Parliament Elections’, Journal of Contemporary European Research,12 (3), 697 - 715. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. (2015), 'Vote (de)-nationalisation and party system change in Italy (1948-2013)', Contemporary Italian Politics, 7(3), pp. 251-272. (.pdf here)
Maggini, N. and Emanuele, V. (2015), 'Contextual effects on individual voting behaviour: the impact of party system nationalization in Europe', Italian Political Science Review, 45(2), pp. 105-130. (.pdf here)
Articles in peer reviewed journals (italian)
Emanuele, V. (2017), 'Le elezioni in Italia. Regionali 2017 in Sicilia: tra astensione e boom del M5s l’Isola torna a destra', Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale, 78, pp. 123-142.
Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. (2016), 'Le elezioni in Italia. Comunali 2016: Il PD arretra, il centrodestra avanza, mentre il M5S ottiene vittorie storiche', Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale, 75, pp. 151-177.
Cataldi, M., Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. (2015), 'Le elezioni in Italia. 2014, un anno di elezioni regionali: il filotto del PD', Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale, 73, pp. 157-182.
Emanuele, V. and Rombi, S. [2014], Le primarie del centro-sinistra del 25 novembre e del 2 dicembre 2012: un’analisi descrittiva con dati aggregati, in “Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale”, 71, pp. 5-28.
Emanuele, V. [2013], Tra dinamiche territoriali e voto personale: le elezioni comunali 2012 a Palermo, in “Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale”, 69, pp. 5-34.
Cataldi, M., Emanuele, V. and Paparo, A. [2012], Elettori in movimento nelle Comunali 2011 a Milano, Torino e Napoli, in “Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale”, 67, pp. 5-43.
Emanuele V. (2011), ‘Riscoprire il territorio: dimensione demografica dei comuni e comportamento elettorale in Italia’, Meridiana - Rivista di Storia e Scienze Sociali, 70, pp. 115-148.
Book chapters
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2022), 'Elezioni e competizione politica'. In: Baldini, G. and Pritoni, A. (eds.), Sistema politico italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 87-114.
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N., and Paparo, A. (2021), 'The 2018 Italian general election: party strategies in a changing political space'. In: De Sio, L. and Lachat, R. (eds.), Conflict Mobilisation or Problem-Solving?: Issue Competition in Western Europe, London, Routledge, pp. 157-179.
Chiaramonte, A., De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2020), ‘Il successo di Salvini e il crollo del Movimento Cinque Stelle. Le elezioni europee del 2019'. In: Moschella, M. and Rhodes, M. (eds.), Politica in Italia. Edizione 2020. I fatti dell’anno e le interpretazioni, Bologna, il Mulino, pp. 73-90.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), 'Il voto nei circoli: una messa con sempre meno fedeli'. In: Rombi, S. and Serricchio, F. (eds.), L' elezione di Zingaretti. La rivincita del partito?, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 35-48.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2019), 'La stabilità perduta e non (ancora) ritrovata. Il sistema partitico italiano dopo le elezioni del 2018', in A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Il voto del cambiamento. Le elezioni politiche del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 241-264.
Cataldi, M. and Emanuele, V. (2019), 'Voto sul territorio e competizione nei collegi: una geografia elettorale rivoluzionata', in A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Il voto del cambiamento. Le elezioni politiche del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 151-175.
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N. and Paparo, A. (2019), 'Un’opinione pubblica di sinistra sull’economia e di destra sull’immigrazione: il terreno ideale per partiti post-ideologici?' In A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Il voto del cambiamento. Le elezioni politiche del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 61-80.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), 'Party system change in EU countries: long-term instability and cleavage restructuring'. In: De Sio, L., Franklin, M., and Russo, L. (eds.), The European Parliament Elections of 2019, Rome, Luiss University Press, pp. 29-41.
Emanuele, V. and Rombi, S. (2018), 'Il voto degli iscritti per l’elezione diretta del segretario. Partecipazione e competizione nei circoli del PD'. In: De Luca, R. and Fasano, L. (eds.), Il Partito Democratico dei nativi, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 53-66.
Emanuele, V. and Vassallo, S. (2018), 'Gli effetti del Rosatellum e la nuova geografia del voto'. In: Barisione, M., Bellucci, P. and Vezzoni, C. (eds.), Vox Populi. Il voto ad alta voce del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 17-35.
Chiaramonte, A., De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2017), ‘The evolution of Italian representation in the European Parliament: electoral laws, systemic effects and MPs’ characteristics’. In: Lupo, N. e Piccirilli, G. (eds.), The Italian Parliament in the European Union, Oxford, Hart Publishing, pp. 67-84.
Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N (2017), ‘Le elezioni amministrative di giugno’, in A. Chiaramonte and A. Wilson (eds.), Politica in Italia. Edizione 2017. I fatti dell’anno e le interpretazioni, Bologna, il Mulino, pp. 103-122.
Emanuele, V. (2016), 'Referendum', in Calise, M., Lowi, T. and Musella, F. (eds.), Concetti chiave. Capire la Scienza politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 201-212.
Emanuele, V. and Serricchio, F. (2014), 'Le collocazioni sinistra-destra', in G. Pasquino and F. Venturino (eds.), Il PD secondo Matteo, Bologna, Bononia University Press, pp. 133-150.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2014), 'Bipolarismo Addio? Il Sistema Partitico tra Cambiamento e De-Istituzionalizzazione', in A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Terremoto elettorale. Le elezioni politiche 2013, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 233-262.
Emanuele, V., Fruncillo, D. and Porcellato, N. (2013), 'La partecipazione al voto', in B. Gelli, T. Mannarini, e C. Talò (eds.), Perdere vincendo. Dal successo delle Primarie 2012 all'impasse post-elettorale, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 89-111.
Emanuele, V. (2013), 'Due competizioni dagli esiti imprevedibili: le primarie del centrosinistra e le elezioni comunali a Palermo', in A. Seddone e M. Valbruzzi (eds.), Le primarie da vicino. Analisi e bilanci sulle primarie comunali in Italia, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 133-156.
Emanuele, V. (2013), 'Ite, missa est: dove sono andati i praticanti?', in C&LS Candidate and Leader Selection, Forza Doria. Divertissements seri sulle elezioni primarie, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 107-112.
Datasets
De Sio, L., Emanuele, V., Nicola, M., Paparo, A., Angelucci, D., and D'Alimonte, R. (2019). Issue Competition Comparative Project (ICCP). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7499 Data file Version 1.0.0. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13328
Emanuele, V., Angelucci, D., Marino, B., Puleo, L., and Vegetti, F. (2019), Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979, Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.7802/1881.
Emanuele, V. (2016), Dataset of New Parties and Party System Innovation in Western Europe since 1945, Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.7802/1363.
Emanuele, V. (2015), Dataset of Electoral Volatility and its internal components in Western Europe (1945-2015), Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.7802/1112.
Special Issues
Emanuele, V. (2018), Special Issue ‘Who’s the winner? An analysis of the 2018 Italian general election’', Italian Political Science, 13(1).
Emanuele, V., Angelucci, D., and Vittori, D. (2022), 'The Left Behind: Crisis and Challenges of the Left in Contemporary Democracies', Frontiers in Political Science.
Book reviews
De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2018), Review of: Caramani, D. (2015), The Europeanization of Politics: The Formation of a European Electorate and Party System in Historical Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Party Politics, 4(1), pp. 90-91.
Research notes and blog posts
Improta, M. and Emanuele, V. (2022), Who Governs? When and Why Governments Appoint Technocrats?, OXPOL Blog.
Emanuele, V. (2021), Lost in Translation? Class Cleavage Roots and Left Electoral Mobilization in Western Europe, Luiss Open.
Emanuele, V. (2021), Can the class cleavage still explain support for left-wing parties?, LSE Europp Blog.
Emanuele, V. (2020), Party systems in turbulent times. Explaining party system deinstitutionalization and its consequences, Luiss Open.
Emanuele, V. (2019), 'Le Primarie per l’elezione del segretario del Partito Democratico', Report for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), La partecipazione su base territoriale, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.), Questioni Primarie, n.5, pp. 6-8.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), Il voto nei circoli: una messa con sempre meno fedeli, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.), Questioni Primarie, n.1, pp. 10-12.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2018), The EU nightmare comes to life: Italian populist forces above 50%, WHO Governs.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2018), Italy’s new election rules are supposed to make its government more stable. Don’t count on it, Monkey Cage - Washington Post.
Emanuele, V. (2017), ‘Primarie 2017, la competizione che non c'è (e si vede)’, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.), Questioni Primarie, n.5, pp. 11-12.
Emanuele, V. and Soare, S. La convenzione nazionale del Pd: verso un partito a 'fazione predominante'?, pp. 8-9, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.) [2017], Questioni Primarie, n.2.
Emanuele, V. (2017), 'Interview about the 'Party system (de-)institutionalization' project', edited by Gianmarco Botti, Rome, CISE.
De Sio, L., Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. [2014], “Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue…”. On the twenty-eight separate European elections of 2014, in “Euro Crisis in the Press. The politics of public discourse in Europe”, LSE Blog.
Emanuele, V. and Rombi, S., Il voto nei circoli: cosa rischia Renzi, pp. 7-8, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.) [2013], Questioni Primarie, n.1 http://cals.dataimmedia.it.
Professional service: reviewer for the following Political Science Journals:
American Journal of Political Science
British Journal of Political Science
European Journal of Political Research
Political Geography
Party Politics
West European Politics
Electoral Studies
South European Society and Politics
European Political Science Review
Journal of European Integration
Research and Politics
Acta Politica
Regional and Federal Studies
European Political Science
Italian Political Science Review
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Contemporary Italian Politics
Italian Journal of Electoral Studies
Polis
Stato e Mercato
Italian Political Science (Editorial Board)
Frontiers in Political Science (Associate Editor)
My field of research is comparative politics with a particular emphasis on elections and party systems. My regional specialization is in Western Europe. I have also worked on voting behavior, electoral systems, issues and party competition, party leader selection rules, Euroscepticism, personal vote and territorial politics.
ONGOING RESEARCH
- Electoral volatility, party system innovation and de-institutionalization between Western and Eastern Europe
- The process of party system (de-)nationalization in Western Europe and its empirical determinants
- Party system change and electoral instability in Italy
- Personal vote in Southern Italy
- Issue Yield Model and multiparty competition in comparative perspective
- The consequences of party system de-institutionalization on democracy
- Old and new cleavages in Western Europe
- Electoral change, turnout, and technocracy
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2022), The deinstitutionalization of Western European party systems, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Emanuele, V. (2018), Cleavages, institutions, and competition. Understanding vote nationalization in Western Europe (1965-2015), London: Rowman and Littlefield/ECPR Press.
Articles in peer reviewed journals (english)
Emanuele, V., Marino, B., and Diodati, N.M. (2022), 'When institutions matter: electoral systems and intraparty fractionalization in Western Europe', Comparative European Politics. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-022-00319-z.
Emanuele, V., Improta, M., Marino, B., and Verzichelli, L. (2022), 'Going technocratic? Diluting governing responsibility in electorally turbulent times', West European Politics, doi:10.1080/01402382.2022.2095494.
Emanuele, V., Angelucci, D., and Vittori, D. (2022), 'Editorial: The Left Behind: Crisis and Challenges of the Left in Contemporary Democracies', Frontiers in Political Science, doi: 10.3389/fpos.2022.977647.
Emanuele, V., Santana, A., and Rama, J. (2022), 'Anatomy of the Italian populist breakthrough: a ‘demarcationist’ fuel driving Lega and Five-star Movement electoral success?', Contemporary Italian Politics, 14(1), 49-67.
Emanuele, V. (2021), 'Lost in Translation? Class Cleavage Roots and Left Electoral Mobilization in Western Europe', Perspectives on Politics, 1-19. doi:10.1017/S1537592721000943. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. and Sikk, A. (2021), 'Party crashers? Modeling genuinely new party development paths in Western Europe', Party Politics, 27(5), 883-895 (.pdf here).
Emanuele V, Marino B, Angelucci D (2020), The congealing of a new cleavage? The evolution of the demarcation bloc in Europe (1979–2019). Italian Political Science Review, 50(3), 314-333. (.pdf here).
Chiaramonte, A., De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2020), ‘Salvini’s success and the collapse of the Five-star Movement: The European elections of 2019', Contemporary Italian Politics, 12(2), 140-154.
Emanuele, V., Chiaramonte, A., and Soare, S. (2020), 'Does the Iron Curtain Still Exist? The Convergence in Electoral Volatility between Eastern and Western Europe', Government and Opposition, 55(2), 308-326 (.pdf here).
Emanuele, V. and Chiaramonte, A. (2020), 'Going out of the ordinary. The de-institutionalization of the Italian party system in comparative perspective', Contemporary Italian Politics, 12(1), 4-22.
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N., and Paparo, A. (2020), 'The times they are a-changin’: party campaign strategies in the 2018 Italian election', West European Politics, 43(3), 665-687.
Emanuele, V. and Chiaramonte, A. (2019), 'Explaining the impact of new parties in the Western European party systems', Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 29(4), 490-510.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2019), ‘Towards turbulent times: measuring and explaining party system (de-)institutionalization in Western Europe (1945-2015)’, Italian Political Science Review, 49(1), 1-23 (.pdf here).
Chiaramonte, A., Emanuele, V., Maggini, N, and Paparo, A. (2018), 'Populist Success in a Hung Parliament: The 2018 General Election in Italy', South European Society and Politics, 23(4), 479-501 (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. and Chiaramonte, A. (2018), 'A growing impact of new parties: myth or reality? Party system innovation in Western Europe after 1945', Party Politics, 24(5), 475-487. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. (2018), 'Introduction to the to the Special Issue ‘Who’s the winner? An analysis of the 2018 Italian general election', Italian Political Science, 13(1), 1-7.
De Sio, L., De Angelis, A., and Emanuele, V. (2018), 'Issue yield and party strategy in multi-party competition', Comparative Political Studies, 51(9), pp. 1208-1238 (.pdf here).
Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. (2017), ‘The June municipal elections’. Italian Politics. The Great Reform That Never Was, 32 (2017): 90–110 doi:10.3167/ip.2017.320107.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2017), 'Party System Volatility, Regeneration and De-Institutionalization in Western Europe (1945-2015)', Party Politics, 23(4), pp. 376-388. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2016), 'Follow the candidates, not the parties? Personal vote in a regional de-institutionalised party system', Regional and Federal Studies, 26(4), pp. 531-554. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N. and Marino, B. (2016). ‘Gaining Votes in Europe against Europe? How National Contexts Shaped the Results of Eurosceptic Parties in the 2014 European Parliament Elections’, Journal of Contemporary European Research,12 (3), 697 - 715. (.pdf here)
Emanuele, V. (2015), 'Vote (de)-nationalisation and party system change in Italy (1948-2013)', Contemporary Italian Politics, 7(3), pp. 251-272. (.pdf here)
Maggini, N. and Emanuele, V. (2015), 'Contextual effects on individual voting behaviour: the impact of party system nationalization in Europe', Italian Political Science Review, 45(2), pp. 105-130. (.pdf here)
Articles in peer reviewed journals (italian)
Emanuele, V. (2017), 'Le elezioni in Italia. Regionali 2017 in Sicilia: tra astensione e boom del M5s l’Isola torna a destra', Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale, 78, pp. 123-142.
Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. (2016), 'Le elezioni in Italia. Comunali 2016: Il PD arretra, il centrodestra avanza, mentre il M5S ottiene vittorie storiche', Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale, 75, pp. 151-177.
Cataldi, M., Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. (2015), 'Le elezioni in Italia. 2014, un anno di elezioni regionali: il filotto del PD', Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale, 73, pp. 157-182.
Emanuele, V. and Rombi, S. [2014], Le primarie del centro-sinistra del 25 novembre e del 2 dicembre 2012: un’analisi descrittiva con dati aggregati, in “Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale”, 71, pp. 5-28.
Emanuele, V. [2013], Tra dinamiche territoriali e voto personale: le elezioni comunali 2012 a Palermo, in “Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale”, 69, pp. 5-34.
Cataldi, M., Emanuele, V. and Paparo, A. [2012], Elettori in movimento nelle Comunali 2011 a Milano, Torino e Napoli, in “Quaderni dell’Osservatorio Elettorale”, 67, pp. 5-43.
Emanuele V. (2011), ‘Riscoprire il territorio: dimensione demografica dei comuni e comportamento elettorale in Italia’, Meridiana - Rivista di Storia e Scienze Sociali, 70, pp. 115-148.
Book chapters
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2022), 'Elezioni e competizione politica'. In: Baldini, G. and Pritoni, A. (eds.), Sistema politico italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 87-114.
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N., and Paparo, A. (2021), 'The 2018 Italian general election: party strategies in a changing political space'. In: De Sio, L. and Lachat, R. (eds.), Conflict Mobilisation or Problem-Solving?: Issue Competition in Western Europe, London, Routledge, pp. 157-179.
Chiaramonte, A., De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2020), ‘Il successo di Salvini e il crollo del Movimento Cinque Stelle. Le elezioni europee del 2019'. In: Moschella, M. and Rhodes, M. (eds.), Politica in Italia. Edizione 2020. I fatti dell’anno e le interpretazioni, Bologna, il Mulino, pp. 73-90.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), 'Il voto nei circoli: una messa con sempre meno fedeli'. In: Rombi, S. and Serricchio, F. (eds.), L' elezione di Zingaretti. La rivincita del partito?, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 35-48.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2019), 'La stabilità perduta e non (ancora) ritrovata. Il sistema partitico italiano dopo le elezioni del 2018', in A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Il voto del cambiamento. Le elezioni politiche del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 241-264.
Cataldi, M. and Emanuele, V. (2019), 'Voto sul territorio e competizione nei collegi: una geografia elettorale rivoluzionata', in A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Il voto del cambiamento. Le elezioni politiche del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 151-175.
Emanuele, V., Maggini, N. and Paparo, A. (2019), 'Un’opinione pubblica di sinistra sull’economia e di destra sull’immigrazione: il terreno ideale per partiti post-ideologici?' In A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Il voto del cambiamento. Le elezioni politiche del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 61-80.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), 'Party system change in EU countries: long-term instability and cleavage restructuring'. In: De Sio, L., Franklin, M., and Russo, L. (eds.), The European Parliament Elections of 2019, Rome, Luiss University Press, pp. 29-41.
Emanuele, V. and Rombi, S. (2018), 'Il voto degli iscritti per l’elezione diretta del segretario. Partecipazione e competizione nei circoli del PD'. In: De Luca, R. and Fasano, L. (eds.), Il Partito Democratico dei nativi, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 53-66.
Emanuele, V. and Vassallo, S. (2018), 'Gli effetti del Rosatellum e la nuova geografia del voto'. In: Barisione, M., Bellucci, P. and Vezzoni, C. (eds.), Vox Populi. Il voto ad alta voce del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 17-35.
Chiaramonte, A., De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2017), ‘The evolution of Italian representation in the European Parliament: electoral laws, systemic effects and MPs’ characteristics’. In: Lupo, N. e Piccirilli, G. (eds.), The Italian Parliament in the European Union, Oxford, Hart Publishing, pp. 67-84.
Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N (2017), ‘Le elezioni amministrative di giugno’, in A. Chiaramonte and A. Wilson (eds.), Politica in Italia. Edizione 2017. I fatti dell’anno e le interpretazioni, Bologna, il Mulino, pp. 103-122.
Emanuele, V. (2016), 'Referendum', in Calise, M., Lowi, T. and Musella, F. (eds.), Concetti chiave. Capire la Scienza politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 201-212.
Emanuele, V. and Serricchio, F. (2014), 'Le collocazioni sinistra-destra', in G. Pasquino and F. Venturino (eds.), Il PD secondo Matteo, Bologna, Bononia University Press, pp. 133-150.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2014), 'Bipolarismo Addio? Il Sistema Partitico tra Cambiamento e De-Istituzionalizzazione', in A. Chiaramonte and L. De Sio (eds.), Terremoto elettorale. Le elezioni politiche 2013, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 233-262.
Emanuele, V., Fruncillo, D. and Porcellato, N. (2013), 'La partecipazione al voto', in B. Gelli, T. Mannarini, e C. Talò (eds.), Perdere vincendo. Dal successo delle Primarie 2012 all'impasse post-elettorale, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 89-111.
Emanuele, V. (2013), 'Due competizioni dagli esiti imprevedibili: le primarie del centrosinistra e le elezioni comunali a Palermo', in A. Seddone e M. Valbruzzi (eds.), Le primarie da vicino. Analisi e bilanci sulle primarie comunali in Italia, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 133-156.
Emanuele, V. (2013), 'Ite, missa est: dove sono andati i praticanti?', in C&LS Candidate and Leader Selection, Forza Doria. Divertissements seri sulle elezioni primarie, Novi Ligure, Edizioni Epoké, pp. 107-112.
Datasets
De Sio, L., Emanuele, V., Nicola, M., Paparo, A., Angelucci, D., and D'Alimonte, R. (2019). Issue Competition Comparative Project (ICCP). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7499 Data file Version 1.0.0. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13328
Emanuele, V., Angelucci, D., Marino, B., Puleo, L., and Vegetti, F. (2019), Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979, Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.7802/1881.
Emanuele, V. (2016), Dataset of New Parties and Party System Innovation in Western Europe since 1945, Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.7802/1363.
Emanuele, V. (2015), Dataset of Electoral Volatility and its internal components in Western Europe (1945-2015), Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.7802/1112.
Special Issues
Emanuele, V. (2018), Special Issue ‘Who’s the winner? An analysis of the 2018 Italian general election’', Italian Political Science, 13(1).
Emanuele, V., Angelucci, D., and Vittori, D. (2022), 'The Left Behind: Crisis and Challenges of the Left in Contemporary Democracies', Frontiers in Political Science.
Book reviews
De Sio, L. and Emanuele, V. (2018), Review of: Caramani, D. (2015), The Europeanization of Politics: The Formation of a European Electorate and Party System in Historical Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Party Politics, 4(1), pp. 90-91.
Research notes and blog posts
Improta, M. and Emanuele, V. (2022), Who Governs? When and Why Governments Appoint Technocrats?, OXPOL Blog.
Emanuele, V. (2021), Lost in Translation? Class Cleavage Roots and Left Electoral Mobilization in Western Europe, Luiss Open.
Emanuele, V. (2021), Can the class cleavage still explain support for left-wing parties?, LSE Europp Blog.
Emanuele, V. (2020), Party systems in turbulent times. Explaining party system deinstitutionalization and its consequences, Luiss Open.
Emanuele, V. (2019), 'Le Primarie per l’elezione del segretario del Partito Democratico', Report for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), La partecipazione su base territoriale, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.), Questioni Primarie, n.5, pp. 6-8.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019), Il voto nei circoli: una messa con sempre meno fedeli, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.), Questioni Primarie, n.1, pp. 10-12.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2018), The EU nightmare comes to life: Italian populist forces above 50%, WHO Governs.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2018), Italy’s new election rules are supposed to make its government more stable. Don’t count on it, Monkey Cage - Washington Post.
Emanuele, V. (2017), ‘Primarie 2017, la competizione che non c'è (e si vede)’, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.), Questioni Primarie, n.5, pp. 11-12.
Emanuele, V. and Soare, S. La convenzione nazionale del Pd: verso un partito a 'fazione predominante'?, pp. 8-9, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.) [2017], Questioni Primarie, n.2.
Emanuele, V. (2017), 'Interview about the 'Party system (de-)institutionalization' project', edited by Gianmarco Botti, Rome, CISE.
De Sio, L., Emanuele, V. and Maggini, N. [2014], “Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue…”. On the twenty-eight separate European elections of 2014, in “Euro Crisis in the Press. The politics of public discourse in Europe”, LSE Blog.
Emanuele, V. and Rombi, S., Il voto nei circoli: cosa rischia Renzi, pp. 7-8, in Candidate & Leader Selection (eds.) [2013], Questioni Primarie, n.1 http://cals.dataimmedia.it.
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