Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics

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

• Preface


• I. Core Concepts


• 1: James L. Newell: La Classe Dirigente


• 2: Anthony L. Cardoza: The Risorgimento


• 3: Marco Valbruzzi: Trasformismo


• 4: Maurizio Cotta: Partitocracy: Parties and Their Critics in Italian Political Life


• 5: John A. Davis: A Tale of Two Italies? The 'Southern Question' Past and Present


• II. Political Institutions


• 6: Giuliano Amato: The Constitution


• 7: Gianfranco Pasquino: The Presidents of the Republic


• 8: Mauro Calise: Government and Prime Minister


• 9: Salvatore Vassallo: The Parliament


• 10: Carlo Guarnieri: The Courts


• 11: Marta Regalia: Electoral Systems


• 12: Carol Mershon: Party Systems in Post-World War II Italy


• 13: Simona Piattoni: Bureaucracy


• III. Political Traditions


• 14: Gianfranco Baldini: Christian Democracy: The Italian Party


• 15: Paolo Bellucci: Communists


• 16: Nicolò Conti: Socialists, Republicans, and Radicals


• 17: Piero Ignazi: Fascists and Post-fascists


• 18: Gianluca Passarelli: Populism and the Lega Nord


• 19: Giovanni Orsina: Liberalism and Liberals


• IV. Political Periods


• 20: Paolo Pombeni: Christian Democracy in Power, 1946-1963


• 21: Ilaria Favretto: The 'Opening to the Left'


• 22: Stephen Hellman: The Compromesso Storico


• 23: Martin J. Bull: The Pentapartito


• 24: Martin Rhodes: Tangentopoli - More than Twenty Years on


• 25: Jonathan Hopkin: Bipolarity (and After)


• V. Major Figures


• 26: Aldo Agosti: Alcide De Gasperi and Palmiro Togliati


• 27: Valerio Castronovo: Gianni Agnelli and Enrico Mattei


• 28: Emanuele Bernardi: Aldo Moro and Enrico Berlinguer


• 29: Antonio Varsori: Bettino Craxi and Giulio Andreotti


• 30: Mark Donovan and Mark Gilbert: Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi


• VI. Religion and Politics


• 31: Alberto Melloni: The Catholic Hierarchy


• 32: Paolo Acanfora: The Catholic Right


• 33: Roberto Cipriani and Verónica Roldán: Religious Differentiation and New Religions in Italy


• 34: Massimo Teodori: The Laity


• VII. Economic Institutions, Associations, and Interests


• 35: Chiara Saraceno: Trends and Tensions within the Italian Family


• 36: Giuseppe Berta: Industry and the Firm


• 37: Patrick Vesan: Labour Market Policy and Politics


• 38: Maurizio Ferrera and Matteo Jessoula: The Welfare State: Pensions and Health Care


• 39: Lucia Quaglia: The Bank of Italy


• 40: Marino Regini: Trade

  Info 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.

  Riassunto

  This volume covers every aspect of Italian political life from core concepts through key personalities, political traditions, historical periods, civil society actors, social dynamics, and external relations.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erik Jones, Erik (Professor and Director of European St Jones
• Con la collaborazione di: Erik Jones (Editore), Erik (Professor and Director of European Studies Jones (Editore), Gianfranco Pasquino (Editore), Gianfranco (James Anderson Senior Adjunct Professor Pasquino (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.12.2018
• EAN: 9780198833970
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883397-0
• Pagine: 800
• Serie: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva