Abstract

The paper presents the results of a research conducted from 2012 to 2014 that, using theoretical and methodological categories of the Social Network Analysis, provides a relational analysis respect to the party transformation process. Specifically, the paper examines in depth two regional case studies (Campania and Sardegna), that highlight shapes, modes and actors with (and through) which the parties organize and structure their action along the axis «local-regional», composing relationships with other parties and collective stakeholders acting within the territorial governance system.