The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics by Jones, Erik

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198833970)

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The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics by Jones, Erik

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics

$48.99
The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics by Jones, Erik

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics

$48.99
Format: Paperback
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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 exclusively associated 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 mobilization and 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.

Author: Erik Jones
ISBN-10: 0198833970
ISBN-13: 9780198833970
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2019
Pages: 800
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.10lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 1.80d
By Erik Jones
By Erik Jones
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Erik Jones, Professor and Director of European Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Gianfranco Pasquino, James Anderson Senior Adjunct Professor, School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University

Erik Jones is Professor of European Studies and Director of European and Eurasian Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University.

Gianfranco Pasquino is the James Anderson Senior Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, and was Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna until 2012. He was a member of the Italian Senate (1983-1992: 1994-1996); has served as a parliamentary observer for the plebiscite (1988) and presidential elections (1989) in Chile; was awarded the laurea honoris causa from the Catholic University of Cordoba, University of Buenos Aires and University de La Plata; and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Enciclopedia Italiana, President of the Societa Italiana di Scienza Politica and a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

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