Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics

Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics
Author: Martin Bull
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135222819

Since 1989 Italian politics has witnessed changes that have placed it under an international spotlight. This analysis looks at this period of Italian politics through the prism of the changes of the early 1990s.

Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics

Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics
Author: Martin J. Bull
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1997
Genre: Italy
ISBN: 9780714648163

This book analyses the last decade and a half of Italian political development through the prism of the changes of the early 1990s and identifies the deep trends of political change in Italy's transition.

Crisis as a Permanent Condition?

Crisis as a Permanent Condition?
Author: Robert Kaiser
Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Italy
ISBN: 9783848716739

Italy is in need of fundamental institutional reforms in order to stay internationally competitive and to regain the capability of efficient policy-making. This is the unanimous and longstanding tenor of political observers as well as of the political actors themselves - more relevant than ever following both the dramatic parliamentary elections' results in February 2013 as well as the current "radical" efforts of Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to overhaul the established institutional structures. However, expectations of a fundamental socio-political turn were already dashed in the 1990s. Then, in response to the party system's collapse and the widespread tangentopoli corruption scandals, it was almost taken for granted that comprehensive and far-reaching reforms would be implemented in order to tackle structural problems that had been revealed by these scandals. However, so far substantial change has not been reached in the Italian political institutional system. In this volume, various aspects of the inherent dynamics of the Italian political system will be dealt with from an interdisciplinary perspective, taking into account the analysis of Italy's socio-political history as well as the country's political system and its elites' configuration. The volume provides an in-depth and sound understanding of the various inherent reform obstacles established in the Italian political system. It offers profound insights into the existing options for institutional change, critically discussed by leading international experts of Italian politics.

Italy Transformed

Italy Transformed
Author: Martin Bull
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2020-06-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0429686277

The decade commencing with the great crash of 2008 was a watershed period for Italian politics, involving fundamental and dramatic changes, many of which had not been anticipated and which are charted in this book. This comprehensive volume covers the impact of the Eurozone crisis on the Italian economy and its relationship with the European Union, the dramatic changes in the political parties (and particularly the rise of a new political force, the Five Star Movement, which became the largest political party in 2013), the changing role of the Trade Unions in the lives of Italian citizens, the Italian migration crisis, electoral reforms and their impact on the Italian party system (where trends towards bipolarisation appear to be exhausted), the rise of new forms of social protest, changes to political culture and social capital and, finally, amidst the crisis, reforms to the welfare state. Overall, the authors reveal a country, which many had assumed was in quiet transition towards a more stable democracy, that suffers an immense shock from the Eurozone crisis and bringing to the fore deep-rooted structural problems which have changed the dynamics of its politics, as confirmed in the outcome to the 2018 National Elections. This book was originally published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.

Italian Politics

Italian Politics
Author: Mario Caciagli
Publisher: Westview Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1996-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN:

The volume contains two invaluable reference sections: a full chronology of the political events of the year and an appendix providing a wealth of statistical data on Italian election results, political parties, and the economy.

Italy from Crisis to Crisis

Italy from Crisis to Crisis
Author: Matthew Evangelista
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017-12-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351586920

Italy from Crisis to Crisis seeks to understand Italy’s approach to crises by studying the country in regional, international, and comparative context. Without assuming that the country is abnormal or unusually crisis-prone, the authors treat Italy as an example from which other countries might learn. The book integrates the analysis of domestic politics and foreign policy, including Italy’s approach to military interventions, energy security, economic relations with the European Union (EU), and to the NATO alliance, and covers a number of issues that normally receive little attention in studies of "high politics," such as information policy, national identity, immigration, youth unemployment, and family relations. Finally, it puts Italy in a comparative perspective – with other European states, naturally – but also with Latin America, and even the United States, all countries that have experienced similar crises to Italy’s and similar – often populist – responses. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of, and courses on, Italian politics and history, European politics and, more broadly, comparative politics and democracy.

Italian Politics

Italian Politics
Author: Roberto D'alimonte
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2018-02-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429968108

The year 1996 in Italian politics was a year rich in novelty. After the "stalled transition" of 1995, the political atmosphere had begun to change. Most obvious was the end of Dini's unelected government of technocrats, supported by a heterogeneous group in Parliament, and its replacement with Romano Prodi's government, a coalition of the parties that had won the general election on April 21, 1996. But an even more important change and one more likely to be remembered was a new climate of dialogue amongst the main political forces that emerged from this period of transition between two republics. In 1996, despite the general elections, cooperation again became part of the political game.