Political Institutions in Italy
Title | Political Institutions in Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Maurizio Cotta |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0199284709 |
This book addresses a number of themes, paradoxes and problems inherent to Italian politics, and considers the relationship between the Italian domestic system and the international system. It focuses on changes that have occurred in the last 10-15 years, contextualised within a longer historical framework, including the post-war period.
Italy Today
Title | Italy Today PDF eBook |
Author | Luisa Quartermaine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780859892667 |
Government and Politics of Italy
Title | Government and Politics of Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Leonardi |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2017-09-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1349932310 |
The political history of Italy has been an undeniably turbulent one. The country's political system has been repeatedly threatened by the historical existence of extremist parties on the left and right, an economy which struggles to adapt, the cleavage between a developed north and an underdeveloped south, the challenge posed by terrorist groups and organized crime, high public debt, and governments that last on average only ten months. Paradoxically, however, Italy continues to muddle through from one political crisis to another with one of the world's highest standards of living and quality of life. What is the secret of Italian politics?
Parties and Democracy in Italy
Title | Parties and Democracy in Italy PDF eBook |
Author | James L Newell |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2018-02-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1351758314 |
This title was first published in 2000: A guide to the changing place of political parties within the Italian political system, seeking to shed light on how the parties operate and their role in the country's politics. Starting from a recognition of the traditional centrality of parties in Italian political life, the book's main focus is on the consequences and causes of the transformation in the party system which began to unfold from 1989 onwards. Arguing that the latter has its roots in the specific choices made by the traditional parties as they attempted to adapt to change in their electoral environment, the book then proceeds to examine what effects the changing party system is having on such traditional, "party-driven" features of Italian politics such as "sottogoverno" and "lotizzazione" and on the functioning of such institutions as parliament and the executive. The book concludes by attempting to assess whether parties are still central to political and civil society or whether their role has diminished in importance.
Modern Italy
Title | Modern Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Furlong |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1134979827 |
Paul Furlong presents an introduction to Italian politics and policy-making, considering in detail the way in which Italy's recent history has affected its course of political and economic development. He looks at the policy process through the 1980s, analysing the practical results of the policy-making process in key areas, such as industry and the economy. He goes on to discuss the party-political and governmental developments of the 1990s. The book is designed throughout to illuminate the Italian case by applying a comparative framework. Italy has often been treated as an exception to any rule of Western European politics; there are, however, many features that the country holds in common with its EC neighbours.
Italian Politics
Title | Italian Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Martin J. Bull |
Publisher | Polity |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780745612997 |
This wide-ranging book seeks to unravel the complexities of post-1992 Italian democracy. It takes as its point of departure the dramatic political tensions of the early 1990s and evaluates these against the background of an analysis of the ‘First Republic’ that predates these changes. Martin Bull and James Newell, renowned scholars of Italian Politics, argue that the early 1990s revolution in Italian party politics should be seen both as a major cause of subsequent changes in the political system and as a consequence of longer-term, still on-going changes in the Italian polity. The books explains how we can understand in this light the mixed success of the parties in attempting to act as autonomous vehicles of reform – and therefore why, if we are witnessing a transformation to a ‘Second Republic’, many of its key features still remain to be shaped. Each of the thematic chapters clearly juxtaposes Italy as it was before the 1990s with Italy today, thereby evaluating the degree to which the early 1990s can be seen as a watershed. In this way the book offers a novel account of both contemporary political developments and their historical significance in teh context of the ‘Italian political model’ that took shape in the period after 1945. This will be essential reading for all students of Italian and Comparative Politics, who will find the clarity and breadth of the book invaluable. Equally, scholars will be fascinated by this new and compelling argument.
Italy
Title | Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Frederic Spotts |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1986-03-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780521304511 |
Italy is the world's sixth economic power, lies in a key geopolitical position, and was a founding member of NATO and the European Community. Yet of all the major European states Italy is the least understood and studied. This book provides the only up-to-date survey of the Italian political scene during the forty years since World War II. It describes the inner-dynamics of the political parties, the day-to-day functioning of the governing institutions, and the interaction of the country's economic, social, and political life. It shows how a political system, riven with difficulties and seemingly in a continual crisis, survives and prospers - in some ways more successfully than its purportedly better-governed neighbours. Based on the authors' first-hand observations of Italian politics, the book offers a valuable insight into a subtle and complex, but fascinating political world.