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Informationen zum Autor Vincent Della Sala is Associate Professor in the Facolty of Sociology and the School of International Studies at the University of Trento where he teaches political science. His recent publications have focused on questions related to European and international political economy. Sergio Fabbrini is Professor in the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Trento, where he teaches Political Science. He is editor of the Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica . He has recently edited L’europeizzazione dell’Italia. L’impatto dell’Unione europea sulle istituzioni e le politiche italiane (Laterza, 2003). Klappentext In 2003, the government headed by Silvio Berlusconi attempted to take Italian public policy in a new direction. In social and labor market policy it challenged concertation; in foreign policy, it tried to transform the country's traditional Europeanist position into a pro-Atlantic stance; within the European Union, it promoted an inter-governmental position. The government's plans to alter the status quo did not always succeed, due to tensions within the majority. The opposition, in the meantime, mobilized around the issue of peace and the Iraq war. European Commission President Romano Prodi responded to the Ulivo coalition's fragmentation by proposing a unitary list for the 2004 European elections. There were also repeated attempts to change the features of public policy and political competition, countered by noteworthy forms of resistance. Zusammenfassung In 2003! the government headed by Silvio Berlusconi attempted to take Italian public policy in a new direction. In social and labor market policy it challenged concertation; in foreign policy! it tried to transform the country's traditional Europeanist position into a pro-Atlantic stance; within the European Union! it promoted an inter-governmental position. The government's plans to alter the status quo did not always succeed! due to tensions within the majority. The opposition! in the meantime! mobilized around the issue of peace and the Iraq war. European Commission President Romano Prodi responded to the Ulivo coalition's fragmentation by proposing a unitary list for the 2004 European elections. There were also repeated attempts to change the features of public policy and political competition! countered by noteworthy forms of resistance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology of Political Events, 2003 Compiled by Marco Brunazzo Introduction: Italy Between Europeanization and Domestic Politics Sergio Fabbrini and Vincent Della Sala Chapter 1. The Ulivo: Death or Transfiguration? Michele Salvati Chapter 2. The 2003 Local Elections: First Local and Then National Defeats for the Casa delle Libertà Guido Legnante Chapter 3. The Governance of the Center-right Coalition Mark Donovan Chapter 4. The End of Bipartisan Consensus? Italian Foreign Policy and the War in Iraq Osvaldo Croci Chapter 5. The Italian Presidency of the European Union: An "Abnormal" Semester? Francesca Morata Chapter 6. Science Against Politics or the Politicization of Science? The Reform of Research Agencies and the Debate over Research Massimiano Bucchi and Federico Neresini Chapter 7. RAI under the Center-Right: Wither 50 Years of Public Service Television? Matthew Hibberd Chapter 8. The Referendum on Article 18 and Labour Market Flexibility Lucio Baccaro and Marco Simoni Chapter 9. The Gianni Agnelli Funeral: A National Identification Rite Gaspare Nevola Chapter 10. "No to the War with No Ifs or Buts": Protests Against the War in Iraq ...
