| Description | | - Has impressive depth and breadth in its account of Italian political structures, making it essential reading at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- Provides fresh and highly current analysis, therefore addressing the gap in the existing literature on Italian politics.
| The book focuses on the most recent developments in Italian politics, particularly those of the last 10-15 years. A longer historical perspective, covering the post-war period, is also supplied, providing the reader with the tools for understanding this period of change.
The authors address a number of themes, paradoxes and problems inherent to Italian politics. The first theme concerns the
shifting balance between the central administration and the periphery. The second theme concerns the divide between governing parties and permanent oppositions. The third theme relates to the mix of political discontinuity and instability with a simultaneous stability of political parties.
Finally, the book considers the relationship between the Italian domestic system and the international
system. In particular, it examines the impact of the East-West international divide on Italian politics and the Italian party system, and the relationship between Italy and Europe, and Italy's strong support of European integration.
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Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students studying Italian politics, comparative politics or European politics courses.
| Contents |
Introduction
1.
The Italian Polity and its Long-Term Transformations
2.
The Republic of Parties
3.
Electoral Systems and Elections
4.
The Executive
5.
The Parliament
6.
Local Government
7.
Bureacracy and Regulatory Bodies
8.
Judicial Power
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Maurizio Cotta, Professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics, University of Siena and
Luca Verzichelli, Associate Professor of Political Science and Italian Politics, University of Siena
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