Italy : from the First to the Second Republic
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Italy : from the First to the Second Republic
Routledge, 2000
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Italy : from the 1st to the 2nd Republic
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-234) and index
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Description
This textbook has been designed to provide students with an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the complexities of Italian politics during the 1990s. It will equip students with a sound understanding of the basics of Italian politics and government, and will provide clear and simple insights into the intricacies of Italian political behaviour.
The comprehensive coverage includes:
* an introduction to contemporary history, political geography and economic issues as well as Italian political values and attitudes.
* a section on political behaviour which explores political parties, interest groups and the electoral earthquakes of the 1990s.
* a section on government institutions and their roles, including discussion of the executive, the legislature, the judiciary and the subnational government.
* analysis of Italy's often stormy relationship with the European Union
* an exploration of recent events, such as attempts at institutional reform
Table of Contents
- 1. Italian politics: a framework of contradictions
- 2. Italian political culture: a study in diversity
- 3. Political behaviour: a changing party system
- 4. Elections and electors
- 5. Political behaviour: interest articulation and aggregation
- 6. Parliament: a legislature in search of its role
- 7. The executive power: the government and the President of the Republic
- 8. the public administration
- 9. The politics ofjustice
- 10. The territorial distribution of power: the Italian regional state
- 11. Italy and European Union
- 12. Italy: difficulties in facing the millennium
- 13. Postscript
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