If general elections were held today, who would Italians choose to run their troubled nation? Silvio Berlusconi, Matteo Renzi, Beppe Grillo, or maybe even a descendant of Benito … [Read more...]
Regional Election Results Reveal the Dire State Democracy in Italy
Last weekend, elections were held in two of Italy's regions - Emilia-Romagna in Italy's north and Calabria in the nation's south. The results of these elections are significant not so much … [Read more...]
Restoring Representative Democracy with A Weighted Voting System
There's some discussion on the world wide web on the subject of weighted voting and academics have looked at the topic too. Some, for example, suggest that voting weights could be tied to … [Read more...]
Making Italy More Democratic -The OpenPolis Universe
Exactly what Italy's highly paid politicians do is not always too clear. At least it wasn't until the advent of OpenPolis which came to life in 2006. Thanks to the OpenPolis group of … [Read more...]
Primary Elections: Democracy at Work, or the Usual Italian Sham?
Even if they appeared to be an attempt to restore credibility to politics in Italy, the primary elections held by Italy's biggest centre-left PD democratic party last weekend were seen as an … [Read more...]