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Paolo Roberto Graziano

Paolo Roberto Graziano

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Political Science

D-Index
26
Citations
3014
World Ranking
1538
National Ranking
42

Overview

Paolo Roberto Graziano is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and conducts research primarily in social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations. Graziano's work covers a range of subfields including finance, sociology and political science, strategy and management, as well as plant science.

The researcher's main topics of study include social policy and reform studies, European Union policy and governance, regional development and policy, housing, finance, and neoliberalism, political influence and corporate strategies, policy transfer and learning, and populism with a particular focus on right-wing movements.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Graziano include:

  • Mapping Different Worlds of Eco-Welfare States, 2020, Sustainability
  • Introduction: policy integration and institutional capacity: theoretical, conceptual and empirical challenges, 2021, Policy and Society
  • The Three Faces of Populism in Power: Polity, Policies and Politics, 2022, Government and Opposition
  • Understanding the European Green Deal: A narrative policy framework approach, 2023, European Policy Analysis
  • Back to the Future in EU Social Policy? Endogenous Critical Junctures and the Case of the European Pillar of Social Rights, 2021, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies

Graziano has frequently published in specific academic journals, including:

  • Policy and Society
  • Government and Opposition
  • Regional Studies
  • Regulation & Governance
  • Sustainability

Collaboration has been an integral part of Graziano's research activities, working alongside several recurring coauthors such as Ekaterina Domorenok, Katharina Zimmermann, Laura Polverari, Jale Tosun, and Theofanis Exadaktylos.

Best Publications

  • Europeanization : new research agendas

    Paolo Roberto Graziano;Maarten P. Vink

  • Challenges of a New Research Agenda

    Maarten P. Vink;Paolo Roberto Graziano

  • Sustainable community movement organisations

    Francesca Forno;Paolo Roberto Graziano

  • Understanding varieties of populism in times of crises

    Manuela Caiani;Paolo Graziano

  • Political Consumerism and New Forms of Political Participation: The Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale in Italy

    Paolo Roberto Graziano;Francesca Forno

  • Varieties of populism: insights from the Italian case

    Manuela Caiani;Paolo Roberto Graziano

  • ‘Selective Flexicurity’ in Segmented Labour Markets : the Case of Italian ‘Mid-Siders’

    Matteo Jessoula;Paolo R. Graziano;Ilaria Madama

  • The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms: Europa, Europae

    Paolo R. Graziano;Sophie Jacquot;Bruno Palier

  • Europeanization and Domestic Employment Policy Change: Conceptual and Methodological Background

    Paolo Roberto Graziano

  • Varieties of Inclusionary Populism? SYRIZA, Podemos and the Five Star Movement

    Nuria Font;Paolo Graziano;Myrto Tsakatika

  • The Eu and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms

    Paolo Roberto Graziano;Sophie Jacquot;Bruno Palier

  • The Three Faces of Populism in Power: Polity, Policies and Politics

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  • Mapping Different Worlds of Eco-Welfare States

    Katharina Zimmermann;Paolo Graziano

  • Europeanization or Globalization? A Framework for Empirical Research (with Some Evidence from the Italian Case)

    Paolo Roberto Graziano

  • The end of social Europe? Understanding EU social policy change

    Paolo Graziano;Miriam Hartlapp

  • Europeanization

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  • Promoting social Europe? The development of European youth unemployment policies

    Christian Lahusen;Natalia Schulz;Paolo Roberto Graziano

  • Understanding the European Green Deal: A narrative policy framework approach

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  • Introduction: policy integration and institutional capacity: theoretical, conceptual and empirical challenges

    Ekaterina Domorenok;Paolo Graziano;Laura Polverari

  • The contentious politics of unemployment. the Italian case in comparative perspective

    Simone Baglioni;Donatella Della Porta;Paolo R. Graziano

  • Adapting to the European Employment Strategy? Recent Developments in Italian Employment Policy

    Paolo Graziano

  • The democratic anchorage of governance networks in smart cities: an empirical assessment

    Giorgia Nesti;Paolo Roberto Graziano

  • EU governance in times of crisis: Inclusiveness and effectiveness beyond the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law divide

    Paolo Roberto Graziano;Charlotte Halpern

  • Local Worlds of Marketization – Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the UK Compared

    Katharina Zimmermann;Patrizia Aurich;Paolo R. Graziano;Vanesa Fuertes

  • Europeanization : concept, theory, and methods

    Paolo R. Graziano;Maarten Peter Vink

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Palier
Bruno Palier Sciences Po
Maarten Peter Vink
Maarten Peter Vink Maastricht University
Jan Willem Duyvendak
Jan Willem Duyvendak University of Amsterdam
Hilde Van Keer
Hilde Van Keer Ghent University
Donatella Della Porta
Donatella Della Porta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Marco Giugni
Marco Giugni University of Geneva

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