Comparative Political Systems

Instructor

Gianfranco Pasquino

Emeritus Professor

Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna (Italy)

Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna (1969-2012). Member of the Italian Senate 1983-1992: 1994-1996; has served as a parliamentary observer for the plebiscite (1988) and presidential elections (1989) in Chile; was awarded the laurea honoris causa from the Catholic University of Cordoba, University of Buenos Aires and University de La Plata; is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Enciclopedia Italiana, President of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica and a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. M.A., International Relations, SAIS (1967). Co-editor Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics (forthcoming); Politica e istituzioni (2014); Finale di partita. Tramonto di una Repubblica (2013); La rivoluzione promessa. Lettura della costituzione Italiana (2011); Il Partito Democratico di Bersani. Profilo, persone, prospettive, co-editor (2010); Le parole della politica (2010); Una splendida cinquantenne. La Quinta Repubblica Francese, co-editor (2010); Nuovo corso di scienza politica (2009); Masters of Political Science, co-editor (2009); Strumenti della democrazia, editor (2007); Le istituzioni di Arlecchino (2007); Los poderes de los jefes de gobierno (2007); Sistemi politici comparati (2003, revised in 2004 and 2007); Il Dizionario di Politica, co-editor (2004 3rd ed.); editorial writer for il Corriere di Bologna; frequent contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals, policy forums and news outlets.

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Profesor de Ciencias Políticas en la universidad de Bolonia (1969-2012) Miembro del Senado italiano entre 1983-1992: 1994-1996; ha trabajado como comentarista parlamentario del plebiscito (1998) y de las elecciones presidenciales (1989) en Chile; fue galardonado con la láurea honoris causa en la universidad de Córdoba, universidad de Buenos Aires y universidad de La Plata; también es miembro del Consejo Editorial de la Enciclopedia Italiana, Presidente de la Società Italiana di Scienza Politica y miembro de la Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Máster, Relaciones Internacionales, SAIS (Escuela de Estudios Internacionales Avanzados) en 1963. Coeditor del Manual Oxford de política italiana (próximamente), Politica e istituzioni (2014); Finale di partida. Tramonto di una Repubblica (2012); La rivoluzione promessa. Lettura della costituzione italiana (2011); Il Partito Democratico di Bersani. Profilo, persone, prospettive, coeditor (2012); Le parole della politica (2010); Una splendida cinquantenne. La Quinta Repubblica Francese, coeditor (2010); Nuovo corso di scienza politica (2009); Masters of Political Science, coeditor (2009); Strumenti della democracia, editor (2007); Le istituzioni di Arlecchino (2007); Los poderes de los jefes de gobierno (2007); Sistemi politici comparati (2003, revisado en 2004 y 2007); Il Dizionario di Politica, coeditor (2004, tercera ed.); escritor editorial para el Corriere di Bologna; frecuente colaborador de artículos y reseñas de periódicos académicos, foros de política y medios de comunicación.

Instructor

Marco Valbruzzi

Research Fellow

Istituto Carlo Cattaneo Univ. di Bologna

Marco Valbruzzi is currently a research fellow at the Istituto Carlo Cattaneo and at the University of Bologna (Department of Political and Social Sciences) where he works on a project investigating the political consequences of the economic crisis in Europe. He is also Adjunct Instructor at Gonzaga University (Florence campus), where he teaches a seminar on the Italian political system. He earned his BA and MA degrees from the University of Bologna. He has been visiting scholar at the University of California-San Diego (2008) and at the University of Sydney (2014) where he acted as Research Assistant for the Electoral Integrity Project (Harvard University). He has been awarded the 11th “Celso Ghini” Prize by the Italian Society of Electoral Studies for the best BA dissertation (2007), the 5th “Carlo Maria Santoro” Prize by the Italian Political Science Association for the best paper presented at the Annual Conference (2009) and the “Young Researchers Prize” by the scientific journal Polis (2010). Since 2015, he is co-chair of the Standing Groups on “Political Theory and Concept Analysis” and “Candidate and Leader Selection” of the Italian Political Science Association. His fields of interest are: political parties, primary elections, comparative politics, Italian party system and political theory. Part of his research has recently been published in the European Journal of Political Research, Contemporary Italian Politics, Journal of Modern Italian Studies and the Italian Political Science Review. He is currently writing a book on the transformation of West European party systems.