The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of

Recent Italian political life has been transformed by the demise of the Italian Communist Party, the growth of the federalist Northern Leagues and the collapse of the Christian Democrats, the Socialists and their government allies in the wake of the Tangentopoli (Kickback City) scandals. The New Italian Republiccharts the breakdown of the old party system and examines the changed political climate that allowed Silvio Berlusconi and his allies to emerge as the new political masters of Italy. This book combines up to date information with reflection on longer term trends and problems.The New Italian Republicwill be of interest to any reader who wishes to make sense of the contemporary Italian political landscape.

Introduction: The New Italian Republic I Context
Explaining Italy's Crisis
Electoral Reform and Political Change in Italy 1991-94 II The Old Party System
Political Catholicism and the Strange Death of the Christian Democrats
Italian Communism in the First Republic
The Rise and fall of Craxi's Socialist Party
The Fate of the Secular Centre: The Liberals, Republicans and the Social Democrats III The "New Parties"
The Northern League from Regional Party to Party of Government
Forza Italia: The New Politics and Old Values of a Changing Italy
towards a Modern Right: Alleanza Nazionale and the "Italian Revolution"
The Great Failure?
The PDs in Italy's Transition
The "Left Oppossition" and the crisis: Rifondazione Comunista and La Rete IV Politics and Society
A Legal Revolution?
The Judges and the Tagentopoli
The Mass media and the Political Crisis
The System of Corrupt Exchange in Local Government
The Resistable Rise of the New Neopolitan Camorra
The Changing Mezzogiorno: Between Representations and Reality V Economic Aspects of the Crisis
The Economic Elites and the Political System
Excesses anf Limits of the Public Sector in the Italian Economy
Industrial Relations and the Labour Movement VI Conclusion
Italian Political Reform in Comparative Perspective
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The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi

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