Stefano Bartolini


Stefano Bartolini is an Italian political scientist and professor at European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He is the author of many books and publications.

Activities

Bartolini is the editor of the Italian political science journal, Italian Political Science Review.
Bartolini's research in political science includes research on electoral changes in Europe during the 1980s, which found that gains and losses at the party level did not translate into large changes at the bloc level. In terms of aggregate scores, the gains of parties within a bloc, whether left-wing or right-wing, were offset by the losses of other parties within the same bloc.
According to Bartolini, the integration of Europe reverses the centuries-long process of national boundary construction. This provides "exit options" for individuals who had previously been bounded to their nation of birth.

Awards

Publications

Books

  • 1978. Progetto per l'Europa, S. Bartolini et al, Torino, EDA.
  • 1981. Riforma Istituzionale e sistema politico. La Francia Gollista, Bologna, Il Mulino.
  • 1984. Party Politics in Contemporary Europe, London, Frank Cass.
  • 1986. Manuale di Scienza Politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, .
  • 1990. Identity, Competition, and Electoral Availability. The Stabilisation of European Electorates 1885-1985, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • 1995. Maggioritario ma non troppo. Le elezioni politiche del 1994,, Bologna, Il Mulino.
  • 1997. Maggioritario per caso. Le elezioni politiche del 1996,, Bologna, Il Mulino.
  • 1998. Party and Party Systems. A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature on Parties and Party Systemns in Europe since 1945,, London, Sage Publications, 708 pp.
  • 2000. The Class Cleavage. The Electoral Mobilisation of the European Left 1880-1980, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • 2005. Restructuring Europe. Centre formation, system building and political structuring between the nation state and the EU. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • 2018. The Political, Colchester, Essex/, Lanham, MD, ECPR Press/Rowman and Littlefield.
  • 2022. Rule-Making Rules. A framework for political institutions'', Cambridge, Cambridge University Press