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Adinolfi, G. (2025). Italy between liberalism and democracy: Universal suffrage and the 1913 elections. Modern Italy. 30 (1), 19-38
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G. B. Adinolfi,  "Italy between liberalism and democracy: Universal suffrage and the 1913 elections", in Modern Italy, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 19-38, 2025
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@article{adinolfi2025_1765051293717,
	author = "Adinolfi, G.",
	title = "Italy between liberalism and democracy: Universal suffrage and the 1913 elections",
	journal = "Modern Italy",
	year = "2025",
	volume = "30",
	number = "1",
	doi = "10.1017/mit.2024.29",
	pages = "19-38",
	url = "https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-italy"
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Italy between liberalism and democracy: Universal suffrage and the 1913 elections
T2  - Modern Italy
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
AU  - Adinolfi, G.
PY  - 2025
SP  - 19-38
SN  - 1353-2944
DO  - 10.1017/mit.2024.29
UR  - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-italy
AB  - In 1912, the Italian parliament approved the extension of male suffrage, making it ‘almost’ universal. This process of revising representation transformed the very idea of the relationship between citizens and the state and shaped a profoundly different Italy. The aim of this article is to trace both the process leading to the approval of universal suffrage and its impact on the party system. With a compilation and analysis of data developed from scratch for the elections of 1909 and 1913, it was possible to analyse the main dimensions of the two rounds in a disaggregated manner. Three aspects make 1913 a year of transition. First, the degree of competition in the electoral process, especially in the South, increased considerably. Second, the decline of liberal formations was not transformed into defeat, thanks only to the Catholic vote. Third, the birth of the Popular Party and the failure to create a mass party of conservatives were causes of the imbalance in the party structure.
ER  -