Publications

Books and peer-reviewed research articles.

Books

  1. Improta M (2025). Italian government instability. Roots, drivers, and remedies.De Gruyter.
  2. Improta M (2025). Government stability in comparative perspective: Patterns and dynamics across 21 democracies.Edward Elgar Publishing.

Peer-reviewed research articles

  1. Improta M, Mannoni E, Marangoni F (2026). How political elites think about democracy: evidence from Europe.Politics and Governance, forthcoming.
  2. Improta M (2026). Why so stable? Understanding the exceptional longevity of the Meloni government.Italian Political Science Review.
  3. Cavatorto S, Improta M, Marangoni F (2026). Macroeconomic imbalance procedure and technocratic appointments in national governments: insights from the Eurozone crisis.Comparative European Politics.
  4. Improta M (2026). From Bonn to third-wave democracies: transnational diffusion of the constructive vote of no-confidence.Democratization.
  5. Improta M, Mannoni E (2025). Who should govern the climate crisis? Citizen preferences for technocrats in the environment ministry.Representation.
  6. Improta M, Mannoni E (2025). Rulers’ age and the stability of governments: A survival analysis.Government and Opposition.
  7. Improta M, Mannoni E (2025). Ghosted by politics? Young generations and the crisis of representation in Italy.Contemporary Italian Politics.
  8. Improta M (2025). The political functions of the constructive vote of no-confidence: a mixed-method approach.The Journal of Legislative Studies.
  9. Improta M, Mannoni E (2025). Keeping the left alive: exploring voter support for the Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) in the 2024 European elections.Italian Journal of Electoral Studies.
  10. Chiaramonte A, Emanuele V, Improta M (2025). Party system types and the decline of systemness in Western Europe: are party system classifications still useful?Italian Political Science Review.
  11. Capati A, Improta M, Mannoni E (2025). Editorial: Relations and policymaking across EU actors, national governments, parliaments, and parties.Frontiers in Political Science.
  12. Angelucci D, Emanuele V, Improta M (2025). The consequences of technocracy on electoral participation.Parliamentary Affairs.
  13. Emanuele V, Guidi M, [...] Improta M, [...] Mannoni E, [...] Verzichelli L (2025). New Conflicts’ Mapping in the age of Globalization (NEWCOMING).Italian Political Science.
  14. Bromo F, Gambacciani P, Improta M (2024). Term limits in parliament and electoral disconnection: the case of the Five Star Movement.European Political Science Review.
  15. Borghetto E, Improta M, Marangoni F (2024). Coalition politics under exceptional exogenous constraints: the Meloni government during the EU-financed economic recovery plan.South European Society and Politics.
  16. Improta M, Marzi P (2024). The Meloni-Casellati institutional reform: towards a new government system?International Journal of Parliamentary Studies.
  17. Improta M, Mannoni E (2024). Government short-termism and the management of global challenges.British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
  18. Angelucci D, Improta M, Lachat R, Vittori D (2024). Time will tear us apart: European electoral participation dynamics in longitudinal perspective.Electoral Studies.
  19. Bromo F, Gambacciani P, Improta M (2024). Governments and parliaments in a state of emergency: what can we learn from the covid-19 pandemic?The Journal of Legislative Studies.
  20. Angelucci D, Carrieri L, Improta M (2024). ‘No participation without representation’. The impact of descriptive and substantive representation on the age-related turnout gap.Political Studies.
  21. Improta M (2023). Paralysed governments: How political constraints elicit cabinet termination.Parliamentary Affairs.
  22. Improta M (2023). A crowded room? The destabilising effect of oversized coalitions on cabinet survival in Southern Europe.Mediterranean Politics.
  23. Improta M (2023). Preliminary insights into the formation of minimal winning coalitions in Western Europe.Journal of Contemporary European Research.
  24. Capati A, Improta M, Lento T (2023). Ruling in turbulent times: government crises in Italy and Israel during the covid-19 pandemic.Frontiers in Political Science.
  25. Bromo F, Gambacciani P, Improta M (2023). Executive power and accountability in Italy and the government’s response to covid-19.Interdisciplinary Political Studies.
  26. Emanuele V, Improta M, Marino B, Verzichelli L (2022). Going technocratic? Diluting governing responsibility in electorally turbulent times.West European Politics.
  27. Improta M (2022). L’elisir di lunga vita? Sfiducia costruttiva e stabilità dei governi in prospettiva comparata.Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche / Italian Journal of Public Policy.Award-winning paper of the Young Scholars Prize for the best article.
  28. Improta M (2022). Unpacking government instability. Cabinet duration, innovation, and termination events in Italy between 1948 and 2021.Quaderni di Scienza Politica.
  29. Improta M, Mannoni E, Marcellino C, Trastulli F (2022). Voters, issues, and party loyalty: the 2022 Italian election under the magnifying glass.Italian Journal of Electoral Studies.
  30. Emanuele V, Improta M (2022). Back to the (conservative) origins: the 2022 municipal election in Palermo.Pôle Sud – Revue de Science Politique de l’Europe Méridionale.
  31. Capati A, Improta M, Trastulli F (2022). Covid-19 and party competition over the EU: Italy in early pandemic times.European Politics and Society.
  32. Improta M (2021). Inside technocracy: features and trajectories of technocratic ministers in Italy (1948–2021).Italian Political Science.
  33. Capati A, Improta M (2021). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? The approaches of the Conte governments to the European Union.Italian Political Science.
  34. Improta M (2021). One, one hundred, and one hundred thousand: Exploring identity and electoral performance of Italian Southernist parties.Politikon.