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Making Democracy Work
Princeton University Press 1994; US$ 37.50Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun... more...
Das italienische Parteiensystem im Wandel
Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 47.99The Lega Nord and the Politics of Secession in Italy
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 145.00Since the late 1980s, the Lega Nord has broken the mould of Italian politics. Federalist, secessionist, populist, it has succeeded in mobilizing the entrepreneurial class of Northern Italy in a campaign against the Italian state. In 1996, it launched the idea of Panadia , a separate Northern Italian nation. This proved to be a step too far, but the... more...
Constructing Democracy in Southern Europe
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 49.95Why are some regimes democratic while others are not? Specifically, how have Spain and Italy managed to become democratic while Turkey, which shares many similar characteristics, has not? Spain, Italy and Turkey have shared common historical features which would have been disruptive to any new democracy; however they represent a wide array of... more...
Italian Institutional Reforms
Springer 2007; US$ 99.99Explains the evolution and political and economic impact of changes to the Italian institutional framework. This book pays attention to the introduction of the Euro, the reform of voting from proportional to majoritarian rule, the impact of corporatism, and the switch from a centralized government to a federal organization. more...
The Italian General Election of 2008
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00A lively account of the general election of 2008 and of its profound significance for Italy and beyond. It gets to grips with the complexities of Italian politics in an exceptionally clear way. Covering the background to the election, the campaign, the parties, voting and the outcome, it is comprehensive in approach and tells a fascinating 'story'. more...
Agents of the People
BRILL 2010; US$ 191.00Analysing parliamentary references to the people, this book provides a more nuanced interpretation of eighteenth-century re-evaluations of democracy. It shows how interaction between parliamentarians and the public sphere in different political cultures produced more modern conceptions of the legitimacy of political power. more...
Resisting the Tide
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 130.00Edited 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... more...
Subsidiarity Governance
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 90.00This volume summarizes the key elements and main features of a subsidiarity-informed model of governance and outlines an analytical framework which can be applied to other subsidiarity-informed models of governance worldwide. more...









