COVID-19: Stay at home, they say. But what about the homeless? Published in Medium – 25 March 2020. The Coronavirus outbreak is rewriting the rules of social living across the world. Amid sharp increases in the number of infections and deaths, whole countries have enacted draconian rules […]
Read MoreStranger Things 3: flawed, overstretched and yet unmissable Fun, touching, sweet, and just plainly entertaining as all fans hoped for. [Note: the following review contains only mild spoilers of Season 3 of Stranger Things]. Published in Medium – 9 July 2019. Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Steve, […]
Read MoreAfter Brexit, Keep a Close Watch on Italy and Its Five Star Movement Published in The Wind Of Anti-Establishment – Reform, Revolt Or Revolution, Politika Annual Journal, 2016, Politics and Public Administration Association SSS HKUSU. pp: 35-40 If the flipbook does not show, download the […]
Read MoreIn a climate of widespread discontent with Italy’s political establishment, a new election might wipe out most of the parties in the current government coalition.
Read MoreThis article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Dear Mr President-elect Trump, thanks! We now live in the best of all possible worlds Giovanni Navarria, University of Sydney To the Honourable Mr President-Elect, Donald J. Trump This morning I received the attached […]
Read MoreWhy, if Trump and Clinton are both unloved candidates, with the lowest approval ratings for nominees in recent history, should American citizens vote for them?
Read MoreWhy, if Trump and Clinton are both unloved candidates, with the lowest approval ratings for nominees in recent history, should American citizens vote for them?
Read MoreWhy, if Trump and Clinton are both unloved candidates, with the lowest approval ratings for nominees in recent history, should American citizens vote for them?
Read MoreIn the backdrop of John Keane’s monitory democracy framework, this article focuses on Italy and on an Italian Blogger, Beppe Grillo, and his namesake blog Beppegrillo.it. Italy’s representative democratic system has in the recent past shown many of those signs of the decline that Keane indicates as the foundation of a monitory democracy. Beppegrillo.it instead is a particular example of an Internet-based monitory body. The analysis of the blog’s growing impact on Italian politics can allow us to assess Keane’s claim that we are living in the era of monitory democracy; while, on the other hand, the analysis of the blog allows us to highlight the importance and the challenges that web-enhanced forms of political engagement pose to democracy.
Read MoreAfter Brexit, Keep a Close Watch on Italy and Its Five Star Movement Originally published in The Conversation, June 27, 2016 (link) On Thursday, in a decision that shocked many observers, the majority of the British people voted to leave the European Union. It was […]
Read MorePublished as Giovanni Navarria, ‘Beppegrillo.it, One Year in the Life of an Italian Blog 2009’, in Adrienne Russell and Nabil Echchaibi (eds.), International Blogging, Peter Lang Publishing Read the full chapter: One year in the life of beppegrillo.it In Carlo Collodi’s classic children tale, The Adventures of […]
Read MoreThe Road to the White House: Corporate Power vs. Networked Citizens First published February, 20, 2016 on Networked Politics, my column on The Conversation. The first two stops in the travelling show called the Next American President did not lack entertainment. There were four different winners […]
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