{"product_id":"the-return-of-berlusconi-9781571816115","title":"The Return of Berlusconi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn 2001, for the first time in the history of the Italian Republic, an opposition replaced the incumbent government as a consequence of an electoral victory. In the May General Election, the center-left government was ousted and a new right-right majority came into office. It would be premature to suggest that this election represents the birth of a new Italian political system, one that will be based on an ongoing alternation in government between two coalitions and a realignment of voters and parties. Nevertheless, the second Berlusconi government — aside from the various political judgments of it – undoubtedly constitutes an institutional and political novelty. This is not just because the left-left proved unable, in the election campaign, to exploit its achievements in office when confronted with someone with undoubted (if controversial) abilities, but also because of the likely impact of the new government on policy making and Italy's economic, social and international trajectory. This edition of Italian Politics evaluates the 2001 election and impact and analyzes the electoral success of the right, the election campaign, the crisis of the left-left after the defeat, and the composition of the new parliament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Surveys such as [this] are absolutely essential for getting any kind of overview of the constantly shifting alliances that lie behind Italy's frequent if largely cosmetic changes of government... Episodes...of Byzantine complexity [are] all excellently covered in the Istituto Cattaneo's reviews.\" - New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tChronology of Events\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Return of Berlusconi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Chronicle of an Expected Victory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e The Election Campaign: Politicians, the Media and Voters\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Parliamentary Groupings from the Thirteenth to the Fourteenth Legislatures: Towards a Stable Majority?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e After the 'Honorable Defeat': the Ds, the Marguerite and the Olive\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Berlusconi in Second Test of Government\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Italian Presidency of the G8 Summit\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Towards a Federal State? Competing Proposals for Constitutional Revision\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The E-Government: Networked Governance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Silvio Berlusconi, the Media and the Conflict of Interest Issue\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e 'You're the G8, we're six billion'. The Genoa Demonstrations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e The Mad Cow Emergency: Italian Agricultural Policy in the new CAP\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e A Manager in Education\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tDocumentary Appendix\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041424736599,"sku":"9781571816115","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571816115.jpg?v=1750950225","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-return-of-berlusconi-9781571816115","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}