{"product_id":"quo-vadis-9781845451370","title":"Quo Vadis?","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t2004 was a year that threw into sharp relief the principal features of the present political conjuncture, that is, one in which the Italian political transition shows few signs of coming to a conclusion. 2004 was, therefore, a year of limited change, one in which reforms were announced but not fully achieved and where the few that were achieved were noteworthy for the compromises that were necessary in order to make them possible at all. It was, too, a year in which there emerged a stalemate between the center-right and center-left coalitions which, pending the regional elections of 2005 and the general election of 2006, took almost equal shares of the vote at the elections for the European Parliament.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis volume examines these elections, paying special attention to Forza Italia, the prime minister's party, and the workings of the governing alliance and gives a well-rounded overview over the year's most important developments regarding the government’s approach to the European constitution, the new judicial system, and the pensions legislation – the only major reform actually completed during 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003e2004: A Year on “Hold\" \u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCarlo Guarnieri and James L. Newell \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Intra- and Inter-Alliance Relations After the 2004 European and Provinical Elections\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMark\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eDonovan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eElections in the Cities: Yet Another Defeat for the Center-Right\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGuido Legnante \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eForza Italia after Ten Years\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJonathan Hopkin \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003ePlaying the Wrong Tunes? Italy and the European Union in 2004 \u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMark Gilbert \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Constitutional Reforms of the Center-Right\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSalvatore Vassallo \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Role of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Hine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Reform of the Judiciary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrizia Pederzoli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Berlusconi Pension Reform and the Emerging “Double Cleravage” in Distributive Politics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Natali and Martin Rhodes \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Collpase of Parmalat\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarco Onado \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Question of the Middle Class\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eArnaldo Bagnasco \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eConfindustria under Montezemolo\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGisueppe Berta \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tDocumentary Appendix\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCompiled by Debora Mantovani\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042965815639,"sku":"9781845451370","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845451370.jpg?v=1750956438","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/quo-vadis-9781845451370","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}