The Return of Berlusconi

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-57181-611-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 652 g

Reihe: Italian Politics

In 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bellucci, Paolo

Bull, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chronology of Events

Introduction: The Return of Berlusconi

Chapter 1. Chronicle of an Expected Victory

Chapter 2. The Election Campaign: Politicians, the Media and Voters

Chapter 3. Parliamentary Groupings from the Thirteenth to the Fourteenth Legislatures: Towards a Stable Majority?

Chapter 4. After the 'Honorable Defeat': the Ds, the Marguerite and the Olive

Chapter 5. Berlusconi in Second Test of Government

Chapter 6. The Italian Presidency of the G8 Summit

Chapter 7. Towards a Federal State? Competing Proposals for Constitutional Revision

Chapter 8. The E-Government: Networked Governance

Chapter 9. Silvio Berlusconi, the Media and the Conflict of Interest Issue

Chapter 10. 'You're the G8, we're six billion'. The Genoa Demonstrations

Chapter 11. The Mad Cow Emergency: Italian Agricultural Policy in the new CAP

Chapter 12. A Manager in Education

Documentary Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bellucci, Paolo
Paolo Bellucci is Professor of Political Science at the University of Molise at Isernia, Italy, and is part of the Cattaneo Institute's research group, ITANES.

Bull, Martin
Martin Bull is Professor of Politics at the University of Salford, UK. His recent publications include Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics.

Paolo Bellucci is Professor of Political Science at the University of Molise at Isernia, Italy, and is part of the Cattaneo Institute's research group, ITANES.