Why, if you live in London, read on sites like Ilfattoquotidiano. it, to inform you of what's happening in Italy and participated in protests against Berlusconi? You do it because you think you have relatives or to return to Italy and interest in, or simply because you feel Italian, or even because the current situation of our country in you emotions such as anger, shame and would like to help change anything? This is one of the questions that I pose in my doctoral research on the political participation of Italian citizens resident in London.
Over the past two years I have met dozens of Italians "London" and participated in numerous events and activities organized by institutions, organizations and Italian associations, trying to figure out who are the Italians who live in London, the reasons that brought them into the City, and their links with other Italian immigrants and Italy itself.
The representatives of the old emigration, arrived mostly in the 50s, 60s and 70s, following what happens in Italy mainly through satellite TV, and their political involvement is often limited to voting or participation in debates organized by the charitable . Their descendants - the second and third generations - are more interested in what happens in the United Kingdom, a country where they grew up, and even when they have an Italian passport and entered the car (the Italian registry of residents abroad) often do not exercise their right to vote, or vote for the reliance on the advice of their parents.
The most active are the exponents of the "new" emigration, people like us readers of this blog, we note, primarily through the internet and we have a different vision of Italy, because we see a country like the United Kingdom, multi-ethnic, more opened in the area of morality, and where issues such as meritocracy, and respect for the law receive - at least on the surface - more consideration.
This vision has an impact on forms of participation: all the main Italian political parties have their own section of London, some very active, but hundreds of Italians who live in the capital are more attracted to events sponsored and organized by circles and civil society movements . For example, the candidacy of Ivan the primaries Scalfarotto Union was founded in 2005 at the Circle of Freedom and Justice in London, and in the last two years some of the events that have been most successful in terms of participation have been organized by the People Violet London, as the No Berlusconi Day These movements intercept the indignation of many Italians who left Italy for lack of opportunity and feel little or not at all represented by a political class seen away from the real problems of the country.
Speaking of outrage, I conclude this post with a question: How many of you know that the vote of Italians abroad helps to form the quorum of the referendum (thus increasing the chances of sinking in, attended less than in Italy), whereas not be included in the award of majority in the House? In essence, we elect representatives, but we affect the outcome of general elections, at least in the House.
Any reaction? Joseph Scotto, a graduate student at the University of Sussex 
Over the past two years I have met dozens of Italians "London" and participated in numerous events and activities organized by institutions, organizations and Italian associations, trying to figure out who are the Italians who live in London, the reasons that brought them into the City, and their links with other Italian immigrants and Italy itself.
The representatives of the old emigration, arrived mostly in the 50s, 60s and 70s, following what happens in Italy mainly through satellite TV, and their political involvement is often limited to voting or participation in debates organized by the charitable . Their descendants - the second and third generations - are more interested in what happens in the United Kingdom, a country where they grew up, and even when they have an Italian passport and entered the car (the Italian registry of residents abroad) often do not exercise their right to vote, or vote for the reliance on the advice of their parents.
The most active are the exponents of the "new" emigration, people like us readers of this blog, we note, primarily through the internet and we have a different vision of Italy, because we see a country like the United Kingdom, multi-ethnic, more opened in the area of morality, and where issues such as meritocracy, and respect for the law receive - at least on the surface - more consideration.
This vision has an impact on forms of participation: all the main Italian political parties have their own section of London, some very active, but hundreds of Italians who live in the capital are more attracted to events sponsored and organized by circles and civil society movements . For example, the candidacy of Ivan the primaries Scalfarotto Union was founded in 2005 at the Circle of Freedom and Justice in London, and in the last two years some of the events that have been most successful in terms of participation have been organized by the People Violet London, as the No Berlusconi Day These movements intercept the indignation of many Italians who left Italy for lack of opportunity and feel little or not at all represented by a political class seen away from the real problems of the country.
Speaking of outrage, I conclude this post with a question: How many of you know that the vote of Italians abroad helps to form the quorum of the referendum (thus increasing the chances of sinking in, attended less than in Italy), whereas not be included in the award of majority in the House? In essence, we elect representatives, but we affect the outcome of general elections, at least in the House.
Any reaction? Joseph Scotto, a graduate student at the University of Sussex
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