Italian Democracy

<p>This textbook, from one of Italy’s most eminent scholars, provides broad coverage and critique of Italian politics and society. </p><p>Providing the readers with the knowledge necessary to understand the working of the Italian political system, it also offers answers to some of the most important challenges facing the country – and other contemporary democracies – today, such as populism, anti-politics and corruption. Critical but underpinned by thorough data and analysis, it presents alternative views alongside the author’s interpretation. Crucially, the book uses a comparative framework to explain Italy’s transformation and evaluate its performance. Comparing the rules, institutions, parties and actors at work in the most important European political systems – France, Germany, Great Britain – with those in Italy, the Italian context is better understood and assessed in contrast.</p><p>This text will be essential reading for students and scholars of Italian politics and European politics, and more broadly for comparative politics and democracy.</p> <p>1. A Classic Parliamentary Republic 2. One, Two, Many Electoral Laws 3. Political Parties, Party Government, and Partyocracy 4. A Parliament of Parties 5. Governments 6. The Accordion of the Presidents 7. Civil Society 8. Italy and the European Union 9. Quality of Democracy</p>