{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-bulldozer-9781785331893","title":"The Year of the Bulldozer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWithout doubt, 2014 was the year of Matteo Renzi. Since winning the leadership of his own party at the end of 2013 and becoming prime minister in February 2014, the young Florentine politician has imparted a decisive change of pace to the endless debates over institutional and policy reforms in Italy. The government has tackled reform of the Senate, the electoral law, and state bureaucracy and has issued measures to address the economic crisis and unemployment. These vital matters have formed the heart of the government’s agenda, but that agenda has sometimes seemed to involve “government by press release” and belated recognition of important facts, making overall evaluation of the Renzi government difficult. Thanks to the contributions of international and Italian academics, this volume offers a detailed analysis of the “Year of the Bulldozer,” highlighting the key developments that have affected Italian politics and institutions and Italian society in its broadest sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tChronology of Italian Political Events, 2014\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCompiled by Rinaldo Vignati\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Year of the Bulldozer\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChris Hanretty and Stefania Profeti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Democratic Party of Matteo Renzi\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMattia Guidi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Formation of the Renzi Government\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCarolyn Forestiere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The European Elections of May 2014: Still Second-Order Elections?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEdoardo Bressanelli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: A Semester of Contrasting Outcomes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarco Brunazzo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Politics in a Transformed Labor Market: Renzi’s Labor Market Reform\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGeorg Picot and Arianna Tassinari\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Local Governments at the Time of the Crisis\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSonia Bussu and Maria Tullia Galanti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Italy toward (Yet Another) Electoral Reform\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGianfranco Baldini and Alan Renwick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Difficult Conditions Inside Italian Prisons: Signs of Change?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAsher D. Colombo and Luigi La Fauci\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Centripetal and Centrifugal Corruption in Post-democratic Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDonatella della Porta, Salvatore Sberna, and Alberto Vannucci\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tDocumentary Appendix\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCompiled by Valentina Sartori\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAbstracts\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042373108055,"sku":"9781785331893","price":50.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785331893.jpg?v=1750953990","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-year-of-the-bulldozer-9781785331893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}