SPORT AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER The approach of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics offers a timely occasion to reconsider the intricate relationship between sport and political power. Far from being mere sporting spectacles, the Olympic Games belong to a broader category of global mega-events characterized by extensive media visibility, substantial fi…
Understanding Chinese Politics In the 21st Century Democracy, Society and Strategic Ambitions More than a decade after Xi Jinping’s rise to power, China remains central yet often misunderstood in global debates. Too frequently reduced to polarized narratives or Western conceptual frameworks, its complexity escapes simplified explanations. This volume brings together young scholars from different disciplines…
Europe and America Latest News on Radical Politics This book is based on a collection of essays authored by a group of international scholars who participated to the third edition of the seminar series “Populism and Far-Right”, organized in 2024 by Polidemos, the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Political Change of the Università…
All in the family Political Dynasties and the Failed Fantasies of Electoral Democracy in the Philippines The ascendancy of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos in the 2022 presidential elections has come back in vogue the perennial issue of political dynasties in the Philippines. They are not only an historical phenomenon that traces back to the Spanish colonial…
The Use of Culture in Modern Conflicts and Political Competitions An Insight from Ukraine and the Western Balkans The investigation conducted in this volume by Silvia Cittadini, Majlinda Bregasi, Thomas Christiansen, Claudia Annovi, and Sabina de Silva is part of the larger project The Clash of Narratives: The Representation of the Future in Popular Culture…
Il futuro della democrazia italiana Politica e società al tempo del governo Meloni L’obiettivo principale di questo dodicesimo volume della sedie Polidemos è quello di riflettere sui mutamenti intervenuti nella democrazia italiana sia per effetto delle nuove dinamiche internazionali (la fine dell’emergenza pandemica, lo scoppio della guerra in Ucraina, la ridefinizione delle linee strategiche del…
Illiberal Trends Democracies under Pressure A new specter is roaming the world: illiberalism. The past decade has seen a proliferation of studies on the rise of illiberal tendencies in Europe and around the world. Old disputes have been reopened about the compatibility of democracy and liberalism, the correctness of the term “illiberal democracy”, and the…
Latin America at a Glance Recent Political and Electoral Trends Latin America at a Glance: Recent Political and Electoral Trends presents an incisive collection of academic essays derived from a series of international seminars held at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan between November 2022 and April 2023. Edited by Samuele Mazzolini,…
On Tradition, Common Sense and Conspiracies Strategies and Insights of the Contemporary Far-Right This collective book consists of contributions by renowned international scholars of the far right who participated to the second edition of the seminar series “Populism and Far Right”, organized in 2023 by Polidemos, the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Political…
Constitutional Democracy and the Challenges of Anti-Liberalism Lessons from Experience One of the most important lessons from experience we learned in the past decades is the acceleration of changes in international politics, internal regimes as well as in academic research. Climate changes, Covid pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have completely overturned previous narratives of…
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