Luca TOMINI

Areas of Research
 

• Political regimes: democracies and authoritarianisms
   
• Democratization and autocratization
   
• European Union and support for democracy
   
• Comparative methods
   
• Italian politics

Teaching

POLID107 - Introduction to political science

POLID464 – Democratization and Autocratization

Research

My research focuses on the transformations of contemporary political regimes, with a particular emphasis on the crisis of democratic regimes, transitions toward authoritarianism, and political and social resistance to authoritarianism. I am currently leading an ARC research project titled RESEAUT, 'Defending Democracy: Resistance Strategies Against Autocratization Attempts,' which aims to deepen our understanding of the most effective strategies to counter autocratization processes.

Publications

Croissant, Aurel, and Tomini, Luca, eds. Routledge Handbook of Autocratization, London and New York: Routledge (2024),
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Autocratization/Croissant-Tomini/p/book/9781032308333?srsltid=AfmBOorCWb_33BRS04sRwHDw1sU_GmAoOu_SHVCZ9viIOg5CVwD9aQZw

Balderacchi, Claudio, and Luca Tomini (2024) “Alternative Patterns to Electoral Autocracy:  Recognizing Diversity in Contemporary Autocratization Processes”, Democratization
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2024.2349621
 

Tomini, Luca, and Andrea Cassani (2018) “Reversing regimes and concepts: from democratization to autocratization”, European Political Science 19, 272–287.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41304-018-0168-5

Tomini, Luca, Suzan Gibril, and Venelin Bochev (2023) “Standing up against autocratization across political regimes: a comparative analysis of resistance actors and strategies”. Democratization, 30(1)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2022.2115480


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