1st Edition
Italian Politics The Center-left In Power
292 Pages
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Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
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Routledge
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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,... Read more
Introduction: A Year of Difficult Dialogue -- The General Elections of 21 April 1996 -- Forza Italia: Old Problems Linger On -- The Lega Nord: From Federalism to Secession -- The Italian Left After the 1996 Elections -- Majoritarian and Proportional Electoral Systems: The Sicilian Case -- The Government of the Ulivo -- The Majoritarian System, Act II: Parliament and Parliamentarians in 1996 -- The Scalfaro Presidency in 1996: The Difficult Return to Normality -- Politics and Consumption: The Four Revolutions of Spectator Football -- Italian Intervention in Bosnia and the (Slow) Redefinition of Defense Policy -- Statesman or Godfather? The Andreotti Trials -- The Italian Presidency of the European Union -- Documentary Appendix
Biography
Roberto D'alimonte
