Why, if Trump and Clinton are both unloved candidates, with the lowest approval ratings for nominees in recent history, should American citizens vote for them?
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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 […]
Read MoreAfter Iowa: why elections matters in the age of networked politics First published February, 3, 2016 on Networked Politics, my column on The Conversation. This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to […]
Read MoreEnough of the martyr Silvio Berlusconi, Originally published in The Conversation, 28 Nov. 2013 By Giovanni Navarria, University of Sydney On Wednesday evening, the Italian Senate forced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to step down as a senator. In typical Italian fashion, the day of reckoning […]
Read MoreMove aside, now it’s up to us: Italy’s political quake BY Giovanni Navarria Summary: Beppe Grillo’s Five-Star Movement is not the antithesis to politics, nor is it the end of democracy; on the contrary, it demonstrates that activism in Italy is alive and kicking. ORIGINAL PUBLISHED […]
Read MoreTerrence Malick is a reclusive director that shies away from Hollywood limelight (like Vampires from the Sun). On average, he has made a movie every eight years. His first two works, Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978) are now considered classic. The latter starred a […]
Read MoreDespite the hype surrounding The Town, Ben Affleck’s latest work is not a particularly impressive movie. It is a fair and honest bank-robbers movie, and by no means a waste of time, but certainly it is far from unforgettable or an instant classic. “The Town” is Charleston, […]
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(NB: questa e’ una versione antecedente e leggermente diversa dell’articolo pubblicato in inglese su opendemocracy 1 Giugno 2012) Recentemente l’Italia è stata colpita da due diversi tipi di terremoti: uno di natura geologica, l’altro invece di natura puramente politica. Per entrambi i terremoti, per puro caso, […]
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