Professor James Newell

Professor of Politics

• Maxwell Building 909
• T: 0161 295 5660
• E: j.l.newell@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

Tuesdays 14.15 – 15.15

Thursdays 14.15 – 15.15 

Jim Newell’s research interests include political corruption and scandal as well as Italian politics. Recent books include The Italian General Election of 2008: Berlusconi Strikes Back (ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2009) and The Politics of Italy: Governance in a Normal Country (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). He is founding co-editor of the Bulletin of Italian Politics and co-founder of the UK Political Studies Association's Italian Politics Specialist Group.

Corruption in Contemporary Politics

Conducting Social Research

Before and After the Deluge: Understanding the Transformation in Italian Party Politics

Political corruption

Scandals

Italian Politics

Voting behaviour

Political parties

Sub-state nationalism

BA, MSc PhD

Political Studies Association

 2009       The Italian General Election of 2008: Berlusconi Strikes Back (ed.), Basingstoke: Palgrave.

2009       ‘The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election’, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, pp.395-412.

2009       ‘The Lord’s Anointed: Silvio Berlusconi and the conundrums of his power’, South European Society and Politics, vol. 14, no. 3, pp.351-356, and in the virtual special issue of the same journal, ‘Berlusconi in the 2000s: Italy Electoral Hegemon’, available at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713636479~db=all

2009       ‘Italy during the Berlusconi years: The economy and society’, pp.19-31 in Daniele Albertazzi, Clodagh Brook, Charlotte Ross and Nina Rothenberg (eds) Resisting the Tide - Cultures of Opposition in the Berlusconi Years, London: Continuum, in press.

2009       ‘Introduction: A guide to the election and ‘instructions for use’’, pp.1-21 in James L. Newell (ed.), The Italian General Election of 2008: Berlusconi Strikes Back, Basingstoke: Palgrave.

2009       ‘Conclusion: A watershed election?’, pp.243-253 in James L. Newell (ed.), The Italian General Election of 2008: Berlusconi Strikes Back, Basingstoke: Palgrave.

2009       ‘Centro-sinistra, sinistra radicale, antipolitica e centro: Quattro opposizioni in cerca di rivincita’, pp.97-117 in Gianfranco Baldini and Anna Cento Bull (eds.), Politica in Italia: I fatti dell’anno e le interpretazioni, 2009 edition, Bologna: il Mulino.

2009       ‘Center Left, Radical Left, Anti-Politics and Center: Four Oppositions in Search of a Comeback’, pp.81-98 in Gianfranco Baldini and Anna Cento Bull (eds.), Italian Politics, vol. 24, New York: Berghahn.

2010       The Politics of Italy: Governance in a Normal Country, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2010       ‘Between a rock and a hard place: The governing dilemmas of Rifondazione Comunista’ pp.52-68 in Jonathan Olsen, Michael Koß and Dan Hough (eds), Left Parties in National Governments, Basingstoke: Palgrave.

2010       ‘Worlds apart? Understanding corruption and organised crime by reflecting on the UK expenses scandal’, forthcoming in the Centre for Cultural and General Studies, University of Karlsruhe, Organized Crime: Dark Sides of Globalization, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.

2011       ‘Negatività in nome del liberalismo: Ritratti dell’Italia nell’Economost’ [Negativity in the Name of Liberalism: Portrayals of Italy in the Economist] (with Martin J. Bull), forthcoming in Comunicazione Politica, no. 1/2011, pp.17-37.

2011       ‘Outsider Parties in Government in Western Europe’ (with Duncan McDonnell), Party Politics, vol. 17, no. 4, pp.443-452.

2011        ‘Di Lotta e di Governo: the Lega Nord and Rifondazione Comunista in Office’ (with Duncan McDonnell and Daniele Albertazzi), Party Politics, vol. 17, no. 4, pp.471-487.

2011       ‘Where crime and politics meet: “It’s the culture, stupid!”’, pp.151-172 in Georgios Antonopoulos (et al. eds), Usual and Unusual Organising Criminals in Europe and Beyond: Profitable Crimes, from Underworld to Upper world, Apeldoorn NL: Maklu publishers.

2011       Italian Politics after the End of the Cold War: The Continuation of a Two-Level Game’, pp.47-63 in Maurizio Carbone (ed.), Italy in the Post Cold-war Order: Adaptation, Bipartisanship, Visibility, Lanham: Lexington Books.

2012       ‘Down but not out: Understanding the Berlusconi resignation and its significance’, Italian Politics and Society: Review of the Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society, no. 70, Fall 2010 – Spring 2012, pp.30-41.

2012       ‘A Landlord’s Notice to Quit: The May 2012 Municipal Election in Italy’, forthcoming in South European Society and Politics.