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Leonardo Morlino
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Changes for Democracy: Actors, Structures, Processes
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Leonardo Morlino (born 1947) is full professor of Political Science at LUISS University, Rome. Between 2009 and 2012 he was the first Italian President of the International Political Science Association. He wrote extensively about the changes of political regimes, democratization processes and the quality of democracy of different areas of the world.
Since November 2012 he is Vice Rector (Research) at LUISS "Guido Carli" di Roma.
Leonardo morlino inaugurazione anno accademico 2011 2012
The theory of anchoring
Morlino developed the theory of anchoring to understand how and why there can be democratic consolidation or democratic crisis, the processes of legitimation and of anchoring should be carefully explored. The key proposition is that to achieve consolidation with a limited legitimation strong anchors are needed. The main anchoring mechanisms we can empirically find are: party organization, clientelism, neo-corporatist arrangements, and party control of interests.Other possible anchors include: a strong leader, a successful tv channel, an internet networking skillfully managed. Likewise, there is an internal crisis of democracy when for a number of different reason the existing anchors fade away, i.e. there is a de-anchoring. In case of crisis this phenomenon is usually compounded by delegitimation in terms of dissatisfaction about the implemented policies or of a decisional stalemate.
How to analyze democratic quality
According to Morlino a good democracy is, first of all, a regime widely legitimized and stable, where citizens are fully satisfied because the elected rulers are capable and able to respond to their needs and questions (quality as result). If institutions are still challenged, attention, energy will be absorbed by the needs and objectives of its consolidation or maintenance. In addition, its citizens and communities enjoy freedom and equality beyond the minimum(quality as content). Third, citizens of a good democracy must be able to monitor and evaluate it through elections (electoral accountability) or indirectly (mutual control among the institutions) if and how the two values of freedom and equality are achieved through the full compliance with the current rules, the so-called rule of law, their efficient implementation, effectiveness in decision-making along with the political responsibility for the choices made by elected elites in relation to the questions raised by the civil society (quality as procedure ). Citizens, experts, scholars with different ideal conceptions of democracy can check which of the qualities listed above best suit their ideals and to what extent those qualities are implemented in a certain country at a certain time, using the empirical research conducted by Morlino.
Books
Morlino, Leonardo (1980). Come cambiano i regimi politici: strumenti di analisi. Milano: Angeli. ISBN 9788820418144.
Morlino, Leonardo (1981). Dalla democrazia all’autoritarismo. Il caso spagnolo in prospettiva comparata. Bologna: Il Mulino. OCLC 1981.
Morlino, Leonardo; González Encinar, José Juan (1985). Cómo cambian los regímenes políticos: Instrumentos de análisis. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Constitucionales. ISBN 9788424910082.
Morlino, Leonardo; et al. (1986). Manuale di scienza della politica. Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 9788815012081.
Morlino, Leonardo; et al. (1989). Scienza politica. Torino: Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli. ISBN 9788878600287.
Morlino, Leonardo; Uleri, Pier Vincenzo (1990). Le Elezioni nel mondo 1982-1989. Firenze: Giunta Regionale Toscana. OCLC 801861196.
Morlino, Leonardo, ed. (1991). Costruire la democrazia: gruppi e partiti in Italia. Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 9788815032478.
Morlino, Leonardo, ed. (1995). Laurea in Scienze Politiche. Identità e sbocchi professionali. Florence: Editrice La Giuntina. OCLC 868530045.
Morlino, Leonardo (1998). Democracy between consolidation and crisis: parties, groups, and citizens in Southern Europe. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198280828.
Morlino, Leonardo; Della Porta, Donatella (2001). Rights and the quality of democracy in Italy. A research report. Stockholm: IDEA.
Morlino, Leonardo; Della Porta, Donatella; Cotta, Maurizio (2008). Scienza politica. Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 9788815125620.
Morlino, Leonardo (2003). Democrazie e democratizzazioni. Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 9788815085122.
Morlino, Leonardo, ed. (1997-2004). Partiti e sistemi di partito in Italia. Le trasformazioni organizzative (4 volumes). Bologna: Il Mulino. OCLC 875179998.
Morlino, Leonardo; Della Porta, Donatella; Cotta, Maurizio (2004). Fondamenti di scienza politica. Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 9788815102218.
Morlino, Leonardo (2005). Introduzione alla ricerca comparata. Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 9788815107619.
Morlino, Leonardo; Gelli, Francesca (2005). La democrazia locale tra rappresentanza e partecipazione. Milano: Angeli. ISBN 9788846462190.
Morlino, Leonardo (2012). Changes for democracy: actors, structures, processes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199698110.
Morlino, Leonardo; Piana, Daniela; Raniolo, Francesco, eds. (2013). La qualità della democrazia in Italia, 1992-2012. Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 9788815244307.
Morlino, Leonardo (2014). The quality of democracy in Latin America. A research report. Stockholm: IDEA International.
Morlino, Leonardo; Fantoni, Marcello, eds. (2015). The American exceptionalism revisited. Roma: Viella. ISBN 9788867283286.
Journal articles (1991-2015)
Morlino, Leonardo (April 1991). "La scienza politica italiana: tradizione e realtà". Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica). Cambridge Journals. 21 (1): 70–102.
Morlino, Leonardo (December 1991). "Political science in Italy: tradition and empiricism". European Journal of Political Research. Wiley. 20 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1991.tb00274.x.
Morlino, Leonardo (1992). "Consolidações democráticas na Europa Meridional. Indicações teóricas para análise empírica". Dados. Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro. 35 (2): 145–172.
Morlino, Leonardo (1992). "I partiti nella transizione". Views, special issue: Società e politica in America Latina. 2: 19–34.
Morlino, Leonardo; Mattei, Franco (April 1992). "Vecchio e nuovo autoritarismo nel Sud Europa". Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica). Cambridge Journals. 22 (1): 137–160.
Morlino, Leonardo (September–December 1992). "Partidos, grupos y consolidaciòn democratica in Italia". Revista del Centro de Estudios Constitucionales. Dialnet. 13: 73–102.
Morlino, Leonardo; Montero, José Ramon (October–December 1993). "Legitimación y democracia en el Sur de Europa". Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas (REIS). Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 64: 7–40. Pdf.
Morlino, Leonardo; Montero, José Ramon (April 1994). "Legittimità, consolidamento e crisi nell’Europa Meridionale". Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica). Cambridge Journals. 24 (1): 22–66.
Morlino, Leonardo; Montero, José Ramon (1995), "Legitimacy and democracy in Southern Europe", in Gunther, Richard; Diamandouros, Nikiforos P.; Puhle, Hans-Jürgen, The politics of democratic consolidation: Southern Europe in comparative perspective, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 231–260, ISBN 9780801849824. Preview. Full text.
Morlino, Leonardo (April 1995). "Consolidation and party government in Southern Europe". International Political Science Review. Sage. 16 (2): 145–167. doi:10.1177/019251219501600203.
Morlino, Leonardo (January 1996). "Crisis of parties and change of party system in Italy". Party Politics. Sage. 2 (1): 5–30. doi:10.1177/1354068896002001001.
Morlino, Leonardo; Tarchi, Marco (July 1996). "The dissatisfied society: the roots of political change in Italy". European Journal of Political Research. Wiley. 30 (1): 41–63. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1996.tb00667.x.
Morlino, Leonardo (September 1996). "Democratic consolidation and convergence in Southern Europe: the Italian case". Democratization. Taylor and Francis. 3 (3): 189–214. doi:10.1080/13510349608403476.
Morlino, Leonardo (September 1997). "Is there an impact? And where is it? Electoral reform and the party system in Italy". South European Society and Politics. Taylor and Francis. 2 (3): 103–131. doi:10.1080/13608749708539520.
Morlino, Leonardo (December 1998). "Come siamo ovvero come ci raccontiamo. La politica comparata di Daalder, e altri (1945-1995)". Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica). Cambridge Journals. 28 (3): 543–566. doi:10.1426/1636.
Morlino, Leonardo (2000). "Consolidaciòn democratica: la teorìa del anclaje". Revista Argentina de Ciencia Politica. Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Político. 4: 9–34.
Morlino, Leonardo (June 2000). "How we are, or how we say that we are: the post–war comparative politics of Hans Daadler and others". European Journal of Political Research. Wiley. 37 (4): 497–516. doi:10.1111/1475-6765.00523.
Morlino, Leonardo (October 2000). "Architectures constitutionnelles et politiques democratiques en Europe de l’Est". Revue Francaise de Science Politique. Presses de Sciences Po. 50 (4–5): 679–711. Full text.
Morlino, Leonardo (2001). "Consolidation démocratique: la théorie de l'ancrage". Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée. Cairn.info. 8 (2): 245–267. doi:10.3917/ripc.082.0245.
Morlino, Leonardo (2001). "Consolidamento Democratico: la teoria dell’ancoraggio" [Democratic consolidation: a theory of anchoring]. Quaderni di Scienza Politica. Università degli Studi di Pavia. 8 (2): 217–247.
Morlino, Leonardo (2001). "Crisi democratica e teoria dell’ancoraggio". Quaderno di Studi Parlamentari. Centro Studi Parlamentari. 12: 101–118.
Morlino, Leonardo (2002). "Democrazia e spiegazioni". Quaderno di Studi Parlamentari. Centro Studi Parlamentari. 13: 199–213.
Morlino, Leonardo (2002). "Democratic anchoring: how to analyze consolidation and crisis". Central European Political Science Review. Central European Political Science Association. 3 (10): 6–39. Publisher.
Morlino, Leonardo (2003). "Les effets de l'européanisation sur la représentation politique en Europe du sud". Pole Sud. Observatoire des Politiques Publiques en Europe du Sud. 19 (1): 79–96.
Morlino, Leonardo (September 2003). "What is a ‘good’ democracy? Theory and the case of Italy". South European Society and Politics. Taylor and Francis. 8 (3): 1–32. doi:10.1080/13608740808539654.
Morlino, Leonardo (March 2004). "‘Good’ and ‘bad’ democracies: how to conduct research into the quality of democracy". Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, special issue: The Quality of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe. Taylor and Francis. 20 (1): 5–27. doi:10.1080/13523270410001687082.
Morlino, Leonardo; Salvati, Michele; Calise, Mauro (August 2004). "Discussione su "Machiavelli's children. Leaders and their legacies in Italy and Japan" di Richard J. Samuels. Con una replica di Richard J. Samuels". Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica). Cambridge Journals. 34 (2): 285–290. doi:10.1426/13579.
Morlino, Leonardo; Diamond, Larry Jay (October 2004). "An overview". Journal of Democracy. Project MUSE. 15 (4): 20–31. doi:10.1353/jod.2004.0060.
Morlino, Leonardo (December 2004). "What is a ‘good’ democracy?". Democratization, special issue: Consolidated & Defective Democracy? Problems of Regime Change. Taylor and Francis. 11 (5): 10–32. doi:10.1080/13510340412331304589.
Morlino, Leonardo (December 2004). "Las alternativas no democráticas". POSTData: Revista de Reflexión y Análisis Político. Grupo Interuniversitario POSTData. 10: 149–183.
Morlino, Leonardo (August 2005). "Spiegare la qualità democratica: quanto sono rilevanti le tradizioni autoritarie?". Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica). Cambridge Journals. 35 (2): 191–212. doi:10.1426/20465.
Morlino, Leonardo (September 2005). "Anchors, anchoring and democratic change". Comparative Political Studies. Sage. 38 (7): 743–770. doi:10.1177/0010414004274401.
Morlino, Leonardo; Fargion, Valeria; Profeti, Stefania (2006). "Européisation et représentation territoriale en Italie". Pôle Sud. Cairn.info. 24 (1): 99–120.
Morlino, Leonardo; Fargion, Valeria; Profeti, Stefania (September 2006). "Europeanisation and territorial representation in Italy". West European Politics. Taylor and Francis. 29 (4): 757–783. doi:10.1080/01402380600842338.
Morlino, Leonardo; Bosco, Anna (December 2006). "What changes in South European parties? A comparative introduction". South European Society and Politics, special issue: Party Change in Southern Europe. Taylor and Francis. 11 (3–4): 331–358. doi:10.1080/13608740600855878.
Morlino, Leonardo (2007), "La qualità della democrazia: presupposti e problemi teorici", in Associazione per gli studi e le ricerche parlamentari, Seminario 2006, Quaderno dell, 17, Torino: Giappichelli, pp. 129–141, ISBN 9788834874738.
Morlino, Leonardo (2007). "Explicar la calidad democrática: ¿qué tan relevantes son las tradiciones autoritarias?" [Explaining democratic quality: how relevant is the authoritarian legacy?]. Revista de Ciencia Política. SciELO. 27 (2): 3–22. doi:10.4067/S0718-090X2007000300001.
Morlino, Leonardo (2008). "Democracia, calidad, seguridad: presupuestos y problemas". Sistema. Dialnet. 203–204: 21–34.
Morlino, Leonardo (2008). "¿Regímenes híbridos o regímenes en transición?". Sistema. Dialnet. 207: 3–22.
Morlino, Leonardo (January 2008). "Democracy and changes: how research tails reality". West European Politics. Taylor and Francis. 31 (1–2): 40–59. doi:10.1080/01402380701833715.
Morlino, Leonardo (August 2008). "Hybrid regimes or regimes in transition?" [Regimi ibridi o regimi in transizione?]. Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica). Cambridge Journals. 38 (2): 169–190. doi:10.1426/27430.
Morlino, Leonardo (2009). "La calidad de la democracia". Claves de Razón Prática. Dialnet. 193: 26–35. Also available at: Revistas Culturales.
Morlino, Leonardo (2009). "The quality of democracies in Europe: a research report" (PDF). Italian Political Science. Italian Political Science Association. 2 (3): 1–6.
Morlino, Leonardo (2009), "La classificazione dei regimi politici: fondamenti teorici e sviluppi empirici", in Associazione per gli studi e le ricerche parlamentari, Seminario 2009, Quaderno dell, 19, Torino: Giappichelli, pp. 75–88, ISBN 9788834897072.
Morlino, Leonardo (July 2009). "Are there hybrid regimes? Or are they just an optical illusion?". European Political Science Review. Cambridge Journals. 1 (2): 273–296. doi:10.1017/S1755773909000198.
Morlino, Leonardo (Summer 2009). "Transition from democracy to democracy: is it possible in Italy?". Bulletin of Italian Politics. University of Glasgow. 1 (1): 7–27. Pdf.
Morlino, Leonardo (November 2009). "The quality of democracy: an agenda for future research?". Participation. International Political Science Association. 33 (2): 3. Pdf.
Morlino, Leonardo (June 2009). "Legitimacy and the quality of democracy". International Social Science Journal. Wiley. 60 (196): 211–222. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2451.2010.01717.x.
Morlino, Leonardo (September 2010). "Authoritarian legacies, politics of the past and the quality of democracy in Southern Europe: open conclusions". South European Society and Politics, special issue: The ‘Politics of the Past’ in South European Democracies. Comparative Perspectives. Taylor and Francis. 15 (3): 507–529. doi:10.1080/13608746.2010.513609.
Morlino, Leonardo (October–December 2010). "Autorità e legittimità tra consolidamento e crisi" [Authority and legitimacy between consolidation and crisis]. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia. Rivisteweb. 51 (4): 571–598. doi:10.1423/33592. Also available at Rivisteweb.
Morlino, Leonardo (2011). "Analyzing democratic qualities". Central European Political Science Review. Central European Political Science Association. 12 (44): 9–45. Publisher.
Morlino, Leonardo (August 2011). "Per non dimenticare Bentley: dai gruppi alle politiche". Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche. Rivisteweb. 10 (2): 397–406. doi:10.1483/35126. Also available at Rivisteweb.
Morlino, Leonardo; Dressel, Björn; Pelizzo, Riccardo (November 2011). "The quality of democracy in Asia-Pacific: issues and findings". International Political Science Review, special issue: The Quality of Democracy in Asia Pacific. Sage. 32 (5): 491–511. doi:10.1177/0192512111418334.
Morlino, Leonardo (2012). "Calidad democrática entre lίderes y partidos" (PDF). Revista Paraguaya de Sociología. Centro Paraguayo de Estudios Sociológicos. 137: 43–66.
Morlino, Leonardo (June 2012). "Observando las diferentes calidades de la democracia". Revista Mexicana de Analisis Politico y Administracion Publica. Public Knowledge Project. 1 (1): 9–48.
Morlino, Leonardo (May 2013). "The impossible transition and the unstable new mix: Italy 1992–2012". Comparative European Politics, special issue: The Crisis of Italian Democracy in the European Context. Palgrave Macmillan. 11 (3): 337–359. doi:10.1057/cep.2012.41.
Morlino, Leonardo (December 2013). "On Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson "Why Nations Fail". A politological reading". Stato e Mercato. Rivisteweb. 33 (3): 485–508. doi:10.1425/75014. Also available at Rivisteweb.
Morlino, Leonardo; Quaranta, Mario (March 2014). "The non-procedural determinants of responsiveness". West European Politics, special issue: Responsive and Responsible? The Role of Parties in Twenty-First Century Politics. Taylor and Francis. 37 (2): 331–360. doi:10.1080/01402382.2014.887878.
Morlino, Leonardo; Piana, Daniela (November 2014). "Economic crisis in a stalemated democracy: the Italian case". American Behavioral Scientist. Sage. 58 (12): 1657–1682. doi:10.1177/0002764214534668.
Morlino, Leonardo (2015). "Changes for democracy: are there hybrid regimes?". Central European Political Science Review. Central European Political Science Association. 16 (60): 14–49. Publisher. Pdf.
Morlino, Leonardo (2015). "Transitions to democracy: what theory to grasp complexity?". Historein. Cultural and Intellectual History Society (Athens). 15 (1): 13–31. doi:10.12681/historein.288.
Morlino, Leonardo (2015). "Transiciones democraticas: entre cuestiones teόricas y análisis empirico". Revista Española de Ciencia Política. Dialnet. 39: 17–42.
Morlino, Leonardo (July 2015). "Cómo analizar las calidades democraticas?" (PDF). Revista Latinoamericana de Política Comparada. Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios Políticos. 10: 13–36.
