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Review to R. Backhouse, Founder of Modern Economics. Paul Samuelson, volume I: Becoming Samuelson, 1915-1948.

Published in History of Economic Ideas, 2020

This is the Review of the first volume of Roger Backhouse`s biography of Paul Samuelson.

Recommended citation: Damiani, G. (2020). "Review to Roger Backhouse: Founder of Modern Economics. Paul Samuelson, volume I" History of Economic Ideas. 28(1).

Review to: A contemporary historiography of Economics, (edited by T.Düppe and E.Roy Weintraub)

Published in History of Economic Ideas, 2020

This is the review of E. Roy Weintraub and Till Duppe`s edited collection of essays on the Historiography of Contemporary Economics.

Recommended citation: Damiani, G. (2020). "Review to: A contemporary historiography of Economics" History of Economic Ideas. 28(2).

Review to P. Martelli, L’Istituzione del disordine: Regole del Gioco e Giocatori nella politica italiana dal 1946 al 2018

Published in Il Politico, 2020

Review.

Recommended citation: Damiani, G. (2020). "Review to Paolo Martelli: L`istituzione del disordine." Il Politico. 252(1).

Review to A. Panebianco, Persone e Mondi. Azioni individuali e ordine internazionale.

Published in Il Politico, 2020

This is the review of a book of Italian political scientist Angelo Panebianco.

Recommended citation: Damiani, G. (2020). "Review to Angelo Panebianco: Persone e Mondi." Il Politico. 252(1).

Norberto Bobbio e la possibilità di una politica scientifica

Published in Rivista di Politica, 2021

This paper is about Norberto Bobbio and his role in the development of Political Science in Italy.

Recommended citation: Damiani, G. (2021). "Norberto Bobbio e la possibilità di una politica scientifica." Rivista di Politica. 2021(1).

Review to: D.M. Levy and Sandra Peart, Toward an Economics of Natural Equals. A documentary history of Early Virginia School

Published in History of Economic Ideas, 2021

This is the review of D.M. Levy and Sandra Peart`s history of Virginia School of Economics (the precursors of Public Choice)

Recommended citation: Damiani, G. (2020). "Review to: D.M. Levy and Sandra Peart, Toward an Economics of Natural Equals." History of Economic Ideas. 29(1).

Looking for a «Genuine Science of Politics». William H. Riker and the Game Theoretical Turn in Political Science

Published in Oeconomia, 2024

This paper is about American Political Scientist William H. Riker and his role in introducing Game Theory in Political Science.

Recommended citation: Damiani, G. (2024). "Looking for a «Genuine Science of Politics». William H. Riker and the Game Theoretical Turn in Political Science." Oeconomia, 14-2, 149-193: http://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/17069; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/120il https://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/17069

Setting the Stage for Disciplinary Transformations: Riker, McKenzie, and the Case of the University of Rochester

Published in History of Political Economy, 2024

This article offers a historical reconstruction of the birth and development of two scholarly communities at the University of Rochester, economists and political scientists.

Recommended citation: Gianluca Damiani; Setting the Stage for Disciplinary Transformations: Riker, McKenzie, and the Case of the University of Rochester. History of Political Economy 1 June 2024; 56 (3): 393–416. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-11158675. https://read.dukeupress.edu/hope/issue/56/3

Review to: Natasha Piano, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science, Harvard University Press, 2025

Published in History of Political Economy, 2026

This is the review of Natasha Piano’s book on how American political scientists were influenced (and misinterpreted, according to the author) by the Elite Theory of democracy (Mosca, Pareto, and Michels)

Recommended citation: Gianluca Damiani, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science by Natasha Piano. History of Political Economy, 1 February 2026, 58 (1): 155–159 https://read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article/58/1/155/403235/Democratic-Elitism-The-Founding-Myth-of-American

Gianluca Damiani