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Italy - A Contested Polity

Author : Martin Bull
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317968085
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Italy - A Contested Polity written by Martin Bull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the promise of the new "Second Republic" launched in the early 1990s, Italy remains Europe’s least well-governed country. Fifteen years ago, politicians on the take and mafiosi on the make were supposedly pushed aside by a new generation of reformers and crusading magistrates. However, in this new book a team of leading experts on Italy uncovers little real progress. Badly needed reforms have foundered on bickering between the parties and their ego-centric leaders. Both left and right-wing coalitions have been guilty of impeding the anti-corruption revolution. Little has been done to improve the quality of public expenditure: infrastructure and education systems remain shambolic, and decades of periodic devaluation and deficit spending have left the economy structurally weakened. Italy’s politicians are not just masters of trasformismo (an ability to reinvent and present themselves anew to voters), but of stratificazione, or "layering", the introduction of new policies and institutions without replacing those that preceded them. The result is a damaging mix of obsolete and contradictory legislation, the product of bargaining over reform by chronically weak governments in a veto-ridden polity. The outcome – immobilismo – is a system in which all parties, and democratic government itself, are steadily losing legitimacy. This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

Milan Undone

Author : John Gagné
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674248724
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Milan Undone written by John Gagné and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new history of how one of the Renaissance’s preeminent cities lost its independence in the Italian Wars. In 1499, the duchy of Milan had known independence for one hundred years. But the turn of the sixteenth century saw the city battered by the Italian Wars. As the major powers of Europe battled for supremacy, Milan, viewed by contemporaries as the “key to Italy,” found itself wracked by a tug-of-war between French claimants and its ruling Sforza family. In just thirty years, the city endured nine changes of government before falling under three centuries of Habsburg dominion. John Gagné offers a new history of Milan’s demise as a sovereign state. His focus is not on the successive wars themselves but on the social disruption that resulted. Amid the political whiplash, the structures of not only government but also daily life broke down. The very meanings of time, space, and dynasty—and their importance to political authority—were rewritten. While the feudal relationships that formed the basis of property rights and the rule of law were shattered, refugees spread across the region. Exiles plotted to claw back what they had lost. Milan Undone is a rich and detailed story of harrowing events, but it is more than that. Gagné asks us to rethink the political legacy of the Renaissance: the cradle of the modern nation-state was also the deathbed of one of its most sophisticated precursors. In its wake came a kind of reversion—not self-rule but chaos and empire.

Italy - A Contested Polity

Author : Martin Bull
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317968093
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Italy - A Contested Polity written by Martin Bull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the promise of the new "Second Republic" launched in the early 1990s, Italy remains Europe’s least well-governed country. Fifteen years ago, politicians on the take and mafiosi on the make were supposedly pushed aside by a new generation of reformers and crusading magistrates. However, in this new book a team of leading experts on Italy uncovers little real progress. Badly needed reforms have foundered on bickering between the parties and their ego-centric leaders. Both left and right-wing coalitions have been guilty of impeding the anti-corruption revolution. Little has been done to improve the quality of public expenditure: infrastructure and education systems remain shambolic, and decades of periodic devaluation and deficit spending have left the economy structurally weakened. Italy’s politicians are not just masters of trasformismo (an ability to reinvent and present themselves anew to voters), but of stratificazione, or "layering", the introduction of new policies and institutions without replacing those that preceded them. The result is a damaging mix of obsolete and contradictory legislation, the product of bargaining over reform by chronically weak governments in a veto-ridden polity. The outcome – immobilismo – is a system in which all parties, and democratic government itself, are steadily losing legitimacy. This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

Structuring the State

Author : Daniel Ziblatt
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691121673
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Structuring the State written by Daniel Ziblatt and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the following puzzle: Upon national unification, why was Germany formed as a federal state and Italy a unitary state? Ziblatt's answer to this question will be of interest to scholars of international relations, comparative politics, political development, and political and economic history.

The Italian General Election of 2018

Author : Luigi Ceccarini
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030136175
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Italian General Election of 2018 written by Luigi Ceccarini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a lively and comprehensive account of the unprecedented Italian general election of 2018 and of its profound significance for Italy and beyond. The contributions in this volume cover the political, economic and international contexts in which the vote took place, and consider the main election contenders in the run-up to the election as well as the campaigns. The book further examines the election outcome, analysing the votes and discussing the impact of the election on the turnover of parliamentary personnel as well as examining the outcome from the viewpoint of government formation.

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy

Author : Andrea Mammone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317487559
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy written by Andrea Mammone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy provides a comprehensive account of Italy and Italian politics in the 21st Century. Featuring contributions from many leading scholars in the field, this Handbook is comprised of 28 chapters which are organized to deliver unparalleled analysis of Italian society, politics and culture. A wide range of topics are covered, including: Politics and economy, and their impact on Italian society Parties and new politics Regionalism and migrations Public memories Continuities and transformations in contemporary Italian society. This is an essential reference work for scholars and students of Italian and Western European society, politics, and history.

Italy Transformed

Author : Martin Bull
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429686277
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Italy Transformed written by Martin Bull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Politics of (Dis)Integration

Author : Sophie Hinger
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303025089X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Politics of (Dis)Integration written by Sophie Hinger and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores how contemporary integration policies and practices are not just about migrants and minority groups becoming part of society but often also reflect deliberate attempts to undermine their inclusion or participation. This affects individual lives as well as social cohesion. The book highlights the variety of ways in which integration and disintegration are related to, and often depend on each other. By analysing how (dis)integration works within a wide range of legal and institutional settings, this book contributes to the literature on integration by considering (dis)integration as a highly stratified process. Through featuring a fertile combination of comparative policy analyses and ethnographic research based on original material from six European and two non-European countries, this book will be a great resource for students, academics and policy makers in migration and integration studies. Book Presentation: On April 22, 2021, the University of Sheffield hosted the book presentation on “Politics of (Dis)Integration”. During this event, the editors, Sophie Hinger and Reinhard Schweitzer, discussed the book. The event was chaired by Aneta Piekut and Jean-Marie Lafleur was the discussant. Please find the recording here: https://eu-lti.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/playback.

The Politics of Public Administration Reform in Italy

Author : Sabrina Cavatorto
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030322882
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Public Administration Reform in Italy written by Sabrina Cavatorto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a stimulating presentation of the Italian administrative system through an empirical and critical perspective on the processes of administrative reform at the national level. It focuses on some of the most recent changes developed during the years of austerity and fiscal crisis and offers an updated perspective on the attempts made by Italian governments to modernize national public administration through the ‘new public management’ and ‘governance’ paradigms. These frameworks have been suggested as models to enhance efficiency, transparency, accountability and public participation. The book studies international and supranational influence, policy diffusion, domestic politics and institutional dynamics, administrative traditions, and functional explanations—all determinants of policy outputs and outcomes, and possibly of policy learning as well. This book is the first to set out such a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis for non-Italian readers.

Italy Today

Author : Andrea Mammone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135164940
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Italy Today written by Andrea Mammone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an analyses of contemporary Italy. This book contains essays that aim to highlight the 'crisis' of the country.

The Politics of Work-Family Policy Reforms in Germany and Italy

Author : Agnes Blome
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 131755437X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Work-Family Policy Reforms in Germany and Italy written by Agnes Blome and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the fundamental challenges facing modern welfare states is the question of work-family reconciliation. An increasing share of mothers work, but many European welfare states do not adequately support the dual-earner model, especially in southern Europe. After 2005, German policy-makers transformed the nature of Germany’s family policy regime through a number of legislative measures, whilst Italy, a country with many similarities, witnessed little change. Using a multi-methods approach, this book addresses the puzzle of why Germany was able to implement far-reaching reforms in this policy area after a long impasse and Italy was not. As such, it delivers a broad, systematic account of these reforms and sheds light on why similar reforms were not also adopted in other similar welfare states at the same time. More generally, it contributes to understanding the determinants of welfare policy change in modern European welfare states. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and professionals working on topics linked to European politics, welfare and work-family policies, comparative politics, social policy, and more broadly to political science and gender studies.

The Political Economy of Punishment Today

Author : Dario Melossi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134872852
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Punishment Today written by Dario Melossi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last fifteen years, the analytical field of punishment and society has witnessed an increase of research developing the connection between economic processes and the evolution of penality from different standpoints, focusing particularly on the increase of rates of incarceration in relation to the transformations of neoliberal capitalism. Bringing together leading researchers from diverse geographical contexts, this book reframes the theoretical field of the political economy of punishment, analysing penality within the current economic situation and connecting contemporary penal changes with political and cultural processes. It challenges the traditional and common sense understanding of imprisonment as 'exclusion' and posits a more promising concept of imprisonment as a 'differential' or 'subordinate' form of 'inclusion'. This groundbreaking book will be a key text for scholars who are working in the field of punishment and society as well as reaching a broader audience within law, sociology, economics, criminology and criminal justice studies.

The Multi-Layered Governance of Migration in Italy

Author : Andrea Pettrachin
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031578325
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Multi-Layered Governance of Migration in Italy written by Andrea Pettrachin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Migration and the Contested Politics of Justice

Author : Giorgio Grappi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000392740
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Migration and the Contested Politics of Justice written by Giorgio Grappi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the politics of justice in relation to migration addressing both the controversies of governance and the active role of migrants’ struggles in shaping the materiality of justice. Considering justice and migration as globally contested fields, the book questions received wisdoms of European migration politics, including images of a migratory ‘crises’, the reconfiguration of the borders of justice, and the spurious pretensions of controlling and governing mobility. Gathering global scholars from migration studies, international relations and critical theory, as well as social activists, it advances an extended concept of contestation that goes beyond the simple clash of interests between national and international political actors. As such the book expands the discourse to a wider politics of justice and advances different angles and methodological perspectives from which to question purely normative conceptions of justice. Looking beyond the simple transformations in laws and regulations, the book updates the debate on migration adopting a global perspective. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of migration studies, European studies, global justice, and labour, gender and EU studies.

Modern Italy

Author : Anna Cento Bull
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198726511
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Modern Italy written by Anna Cento Bull and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Very Short Introduction considers the history of Italy from the Risorgimento (the movement leading to Italian Unification in 1861) to the present. It also discusses Italy's political system and style of government; economic modernisation; emigration, internal migration and immigration; and the modern Italian culture and lifestyle.

Western Europe 2018-2019

Author : Wayne C. Thompson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475841566
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Western Europe 2018-2019 written by Wayne C. Thompson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Today Series: Western Europe is an annually updated presentation of each sovereign country in Western Europe, past and present. It is organized by individual chapters for each country expertly covering the region’s geography, people, history, political system, constitution, parliament, parties, political leaders and elections. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students. Now in its 37th edition, the content is thorough yet perfect for a one-semester introductory course or general library reference. Available in both print and e-book formats and priced low to fit student budgets.

Resisting the Tide

Author : Daniele Albertazzi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 144116037X
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Resisting the Tide written by Daniele Albertazzi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by members of the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Birmingham, and bringing together academics in Britain, Ireland, the US and Italy, this volume takes an international perspective on Italian events. It investigates how resistance to the new conservative culture has been articulated, and how this has been expressed and explained by those involved. The volume is divided into four areas: 1. The Economic and Media Landscapes, which sets the scene for the rest of the book by explaining how Italian society, and particularly its media environment, have developed in recent years; 2. Political Challenges, which discusses the main threats to the authority and policies of Berlusconi coming from within his own centre-right coalition, the left and social movements; 3. Texts, which analyses films, internet sites, television programmes, novels, newspaper articles and theatre performances that sought to resist increasingly dominant conservative norms and/or respond to events set in motion by the Berlusconi governments; 4.Experiences, covering the voices and practices of those who have opposed Berlusconi from within the cultural industries and identity movements, such as journalists, LGBT activists, feminists and associations representing immigrant communities. Wide-ranging, innovative and challenging, this volume should appeal to all those who have an interest in Italy, political-, media- and cultural studies.