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Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics 2019 Edition by Erik Jones, Gianfranco Pasquino
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 exclusivelyassociated 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 mobilizationand 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.
Table of Contents :- PrefaceI. Core Concepts1: James L. Newell: La Classe Dirigente2: Anthony L. Cardoza: The Risorgimento3: Marco Valbruzzi: Trasformismo4: Maurizio Cotta: Partitocracy: Parties and Their Critics in Italian Political Life5: John A. Davis: A Tale of Two Italies? The 'Southern Question' Past and PresentII. Political Institutions6: Giuliano Amato: The Constitution7: Gianfranco Pasquino: The Presidents of the Republic8: Mauro Calise: Government and Prime Minister9: Salvatore Vassallo: The Parliament10: Carlo Guarnieri: The Courts11: Marta Regalia: Electoral Systems12: Carol Mershon: Party Systems in Post-World War II Italy13: Simona Piattoni: Bureaucracy III. Political Traditions14: Gianfranco Baldini: Christian Democracy: The Italian Party15: Paolo Bellucci: Communists16: Nicolo Conti: Socialists, Republicans, and Radicals17: Piero Ignazi: Fascists and Post-fascists18: Gianluca Passarelli: Populism and the Lega Nord19: Giovanni Orsina: Liberalism and LiberalsIV. Political Periods20: Paolo Pombeni: Christian Democracy in Power, 1946-196321: Ilaria Favretto: The 'Opening to the Left'22: Stephen Hellman: The Compromesso Storico23: Martin J. Bull: The Pentapartito24: Martin Rhodes: Tangentopoli - More than Twenty Years on25: Jonathan Hopkin: Bipolarity (and After)V. Major Figures26: Aldo Agosti: Alcide De Gasperi and Palmiro Togliati27: Valerio Castronovo: Gianni Agnelli and Enrico Mattei28: Emanuele Bernardi: Aldo Moro and Enrico Berlinguer29: Antonio Varsori: Bettino Craxi and Giulio Andreotti30: Mark Donovan and Mark Gilbert: Silvio Berlusconi and Romano ProdiVI. Religion and Politics31: Alberto Melloni: The Catholic Hierarchy32: Paolo Acanfora: The Catholic Right33: Roberto Cipriani and Veronica Roldan: Religious Differentiation and New Religions in Italy34: Massimo Teodori: The LaityVII. Economic Institutions, Associations, and Interests35: Chiara Saraceno: Trends and Tensions within the Italian Family36: Giuseppe Berta: Industry and the Firm37: Patrick Vesan: Labour Market Policy and Politics38: Maurizio Ferrera and Matteo Jessoula: The Welfare State: Pensions and Health Care39: Lucia Quaglia: The Bank of Italy40: Marino Regini: Trade Unions41: Carlo Carboni: Liberal and Licensed Professions42: Vera Zamagni: The Cooperative MovementVIII. Politics, Culture, and Society43: Stephen Gundle: Cinema and Television44: Paolo Mancini: Print Media45: Nadia Urbinati: Intellectuals46: David Hine: Public Ethics and Political Corruption in Italy47: Donatella Campus: Women in Politics48: Giuseppe Sciortino: Immigration49: Donatella della Porta: Social Movements50: Anna Cento Bull: Terrorist Movements51: Letizia Paoli: Mafia, Camorra and 'NdranghetaIX. External Relations52: Mario Del Pero: Italy and the Atlantic Alliance53: Vincent Della Sala: Gli Esami Non Finiscono Mai : Italy and the European Union54: Roberto Aliboni: Italy and the Mediterranean after WWII