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Overview

Leonardo Morlino is affiliated with the Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies in Italy. Their research primarily belongs to the field of Social Sciences, with a specific focus on Political Science and International Relations.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including Political Theory and Democracy, Public Policy and Governance, Comparative Constitutional Jurisprudence Studies, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, Regional Development and Policy, Political Systems and Governance, and Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

Recent publications by Leonardo Morlino include the following papers:

  • Consolidación democrática. Definición, modelos, hipótesis (2024), published in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
  • Neo-populisms: Key hypotheses and types. The European Experience (2022), published in Revista Ecuatoriana de Ciencia Política
  • ¿Una nueva ola autoritaria? Radicalización y neopopulismos en Europa y América Latina (2020), published in Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP)

Leonardo Morlino has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
  • Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP)
  • Revista Ecuatoriana de Ciencia Política
  • Politikon IAPSS Journal of Political Science
  • Regions & Cohesion

The scientist collaborates with several frequent coauthors including Juan Russo, José Ramón Montero Gibert, Francesco Raniolo, the IAPSS Politikon Editorial Board, and Marcelo Cavarozzi.

Leonardo Morlino's publications demonstrate a focus on democratic consolidation, populism, political radicalization, and governance issues within European and Latin American contexts. Among the recent papers, coauthored work with José Ramón Montero Gibert highlights discussions on legitimacy and democracy in Southern Europe, while contributions to various political science journals illustrate a consistent engagement with contemporary issues in political theory and systems.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the quality of democracy

    Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

  • The Quality of Democracy. An Overview

    Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

  • Changes for Democracy: Actors, Structures, Processes

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Democracias y democratizaciones

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Como cambian los regimenes politicos

    Leonardo Morlino

  • The membership of political parties in European democracies, 1960-1990

    Richard S. Katz;Peter Mair;Luciano Bardi;Lars Bille

  • What is a 'Good' Democracy?

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Democrazie e democratizzazioni

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis: Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Are there hybrid regimes? Or are they just an optical illusion?

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Crisis of Parties and Change of Party System in Italy

    Leonardo Morlino

  • International Encyclopedia of Political Science

    Bertrand Badie;Dirk Berg-Schlosser;Leonardo Morlino;Nathaniel Beck

  • The Quality of Democracy

    Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

  • International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law : Anchoring Democracy?

    Amichai A. Magen;Leonardo Morlino

  • The dissatisfied society: The roots of political change in Italy

    Leonardo Morlino;Marco Tarchi

  • Legitimacy and Democracy in Southern Europe

    Leonardo Morlino;J. R. Montero

  • Democratic Consolidation

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  • ‘Good’ and ‘bad’ democracies: how to conduct research into the quality of democracy

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Democracy between consolidation and crisis

    Leonardo Morlino

  • The Quality of democracy in Asia-Pacific: issues and findings:

    Leonardo Morlino;Bjoern Dressel;Riccardo Pelizzo

  • The Impact of the Economic Crisis on South European Democracies

    Leonardo Morlino;Francesco Raniolo

  • What is the impact of the economic crisis on democracy? Evidence from Europe

    Leonardo Morlino;Mario Quaranta

  • Legitimacy and the Quality of Democracy

    Leonardo Morlino

  • Italy: Tracing the Roots of the Great Transformation

    Luciano Bardi;L. Morlino

  • Problematizing the Links Between Authoritarian Legacies and 'Good' Democracy

    Leonardo Morlino

  • The Membership of Political Parties in European Democracies

    R. Katz;J. Pierre;T. Poguntke;J. Sundberg

  • Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis. Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe (Italian, Spanish, Hungarian translations forthcoming)

    Leonardo Morlino

Frequent Co-Authors

José Ramón Montero
José Ramón Montero Autonomous University of Madrid
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Giovanni Sartori
Giovanni Sartori Columbia University
Dirk Berg-Schlosser
Dirk Berg-Schlosser Philipp University of Marburg
Wolfgang C. Müller
Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna
Richard S. Katz
Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Jon Pierre
Jon Pierre University of Gothenburg
Paul Webb
Paul Webb University of Sussex
Thomas Poguntke
Thomas Poguntke Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Peter Mair
Peter Mair European University Institute

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