{"product_id":"governing-fear-9781845457839","title":"Governing Fear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn 2008, Silvio Berlusconi returned to power — thanks to a decisive electoral victory — to head a slimmer coalition whose cabinet consisted of members very close to him. The year began with the garbage crisis in Naples and ended in a climate dominated by economic uncertainty. In between some unexpected events happened: during the administrative elections, held with the general elections in April, the right in Rome claimed many victories; for the first time ever, a woman, Emma Marcegaglia, was elected President of Confindustria; and the Alitalia airline had to be rescued from the brink of economic collapse. For consecutive months, opinion polls gave Berlusconi an unprecedented level of popular support; those polled attributed their approval to either his ‘decisionism’ or to what they viewed as a successful strategy of continual announcements. Others pointed to the executive’s success in ‘governing the fears’ of Italians, which was helped by a change of register in the way the media dealt with issues of security. This volume shows that the politics of vetoes, which characterised the previous center-left government, could not conceal the structural, economic and social problems that still need to be resolved, a situation not helped by the fact that the opposition parties were still unable to develop an effective political strategy by yearend. With the contribution of Italian and international experts, the volume also addresses the issues of the difficult integration of immigrants, the mismanagement of public health and the reform of the education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eGoverning Fear: Italian Politics 2008\u003ci\u003e is the twenty-forth volume of the essential guide for students of contemporary Italian affairs. As such, it more than lives up to the series’ tradition for concise and timely analysis. In its coverage of the year, it takes us through Berlusconi's electoral victory over a divided center left to show how the Lega Nord has been able to set the political agenda and how a former neo-Fascist leader became mayor of Rome. The book is more than just an analysis of headline events, however; it digs into the evolving fabric of Italian social life as well to show how the changing role of women, successive waves of educational and health reform, and simmering conflicts around Naples and Alitalia reflect profound underlying dynamics. Scholars will find this book an essential resource and interested readers, a rich buffet.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·   Professor Erik Jones,\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins Bologna Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \tChronology of Italian Political Events, 2008\u003cbr\u003e \tCompiled by\u003cem\u003e Rinaldo Vignati\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Governing Fear\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGianfranco Baldini \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAnna Cento Bull\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chronicle of a Victory Foretold: The 13–14 April General Elections\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePiergiorgio Corbetta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eCenter Left, Radical Left, Anti-Politics, and Center: Four Oppositions in Search of a Comeback\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJames L. Newell \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eAlemanno’s Surprising Victory in Rome\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGiovanni Di Franco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Only Man in Charge? The First Eight Months of Berlusconi’s Fourth Government\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFrancesco Marangoni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Russia’s Trojan Horse in Europe? Italy and the War in Georgia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaurizio Carbone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eStill Dying at Work: The New Consolidation Act on Health and Safety in the Workplace\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElisabetta Gualmini\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Women in Institutions: Progress in the Economic Sector, Stagnation in Politics?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlessia Donà \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eMariastella Gelmini’s Education Policy: Cuts without a Cultural Project\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGiancarlo Gasperoni \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Italian Health System: Cost Containment, Mismanagement, and Politicization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFranca Maino\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Story Foretold of a Toxic Mix in Campania\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEleonora Pasotti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Northern League’s Victory: Immigration and Citizenship in the Veneto Region\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJacqueline Andall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Privatization of Alitalia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGrant Amyot \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tDocumentary Appendix\u003cbr\u003e \tCompiled by \u003cem\u003eDebora Mantovani\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAbout the Editors and Authors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042988425559,"sku":"9781845457839","price":43.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845457839.jpg?v=1750956543","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/governing-fear-9781845457839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}