The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics

NOTE EDITORE

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics provides a comprehensive look at the political life of one of Europe's most exciting and turbulent democracies. Under the hegemonic influence of Christian Democracy in the early post-World War II decades, Italy went through a period of rapid growth and political transformation. In part this resulted in tumult and a crisis of governability; however, it also gave rise to innovation in the form of Eurocommunism and new forms of political accommodation. The great strength of Italy lay in its constitution; its great weakness lay in certain legacies of the past. Organized crime--popularly but not exclusively associated with the mafia--is one example. A self-contained and well entrenched 'caste' of political and economic elites is another. These weaknesses became apparent in the breakdown of political order in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This ushered in a combination of populist political mobilization and experimentation with electoral systems design, and the result has been more evolutionary than transformative. Italian politics today is different from what it was during the immediate post-World War II period, but it still shows many of the influences of the past.

SOMMARIO

1 - La Classe Dirigente2 - The Risorgimento3 - Trasformismo4 - Partitocracy: Parties and Their Critics in Italian Political Life5 - A Tale of Two Italies? The 'Southern Question' Past and Present6 - The Constitution7 - The Presidents of the Republic8 - Government and Prime Minister9 - The Parliament10 - The Courts11 - Electoral Systems12 - Party Systems in Post-World War II Italy13 - Bureaucracy14 - Christian Democracy: The Italian Party15 - Communists16 - Socialists, Republicans, and Radicals17 - Fascists and Post-fascists18 - Populism and the Lega Nord19 - Liberalism and Liberals20 - Christian Democracy in Power, 1946-196321 - The 'Opening to the Left'22 - The Compromesso Storico23 - The Pentapartito24 - Tangentopoli - More than Twenty Years on25 - Bipolarity (and After)26 - Alcide De Gasperi and Palmiro Togliati27 - Gianni Agnelli and Enrico Mattei28 - Aldo Moro and Enrico Berlinguer29 - Bettino Craxi and Giulio Andreotti30 - Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi31 - The Catholic Hierarchy32 - The Catholic Right33 - Religious Differentiation and New Religions in Italy34 - The Laity35 - Trends and Tensions within the Italian Family36 - Industry and the Firm37 - Labour Market Policy and Politics38 - The Welfare State: Pensions and Health Care39 - The Bank of Italy40 - Trade Unions41 - Liberal and Licensed Professions42 - The Cooperative Movement43 - Cinema and Television44 - Print Media45 - Intellectuals46 - Public Ethics and Political Corruption in Italy47 - Women in Politics48 - Immigration49 - Social Movements50 - Terrorist Movements51 - Mafia, Camorra and 'Ndrangheta52 - Italy and the Atlantic Alliance53 - Gli Esami Non Finiscono Mai : Italy and the European Union54 - Italy and the Mediterranean after WWII

AUTORE

Erik Jones is Professor of European Studies and Director of European and Eurasian Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University. Gianfranco Pasquino is the James Anderson Senior Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, and was Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna until 2012. He was a member of the Italian Senate (1983-1992: 1994-1996); has served as a parliamentary observer for the plebiscite (1988) and presidential elections (1989) in Chile; was awarded the laurea honoris causa from the Catholic University of Cordoba, University of Buenos Aires and University de La Plata; and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Enciclopedia Italiana, President of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica and a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198833970
• Collana: Oxford Handbooks
• Dimensioni: 244 x 170 mm Ø 1358 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 800