...) and sociocultural context (North Italy). Findings are presented as three stories, although other ways of showing qualitative data could have been used. Practical implications Practical implications deal with the attempt to enable a reflexive view of local governance and public leadership attentive to soft...

...Luigi Rullo Purpose The article investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and deepened the presidentialization of politics in Italy. It examines how a series of innovative rules and procedures adopted by the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to face the extraordinary event are part...