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Political institutions in Italy / Maurizio Cotta and Luca Verzichelli.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Comparative political institutionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xx, 277 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0199284709 (alk. paper)
  • 9780199284702 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.945 COT
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Contents:
Te Italian Polity and its Long-Term Transformations -- From n he puralism of regional states to a centralized state to a nw tntative federal mode! -- Demorratization with interruptions and new reforms -- ta on the intenational scene -- Conclusion -- 2 The Re l of Parties: From Deadock to Bipolar Alternation -- Overview -- From a delaied start to a strong portitocrzia -- The crisis af the ist republic and the first steps of a new party etor Sa tems and E ections Between Unfinished Reforms -- Fairy Sta Electorate67 -- Overview -- The electoral regime of the italian republic -- Building a 'quasi-maritariana electoral environment: the re- forms of the 1990s -- attns of voting behaviour in Italy: from the age of portIo cra t the ae of bipolarism The return of PR within a bipolar environment': te 2005 reform and the 2006 election Conclusion -- 4 The Executive: A Long Tradition of Weak and Unstae Gov -- Governments Comes to an End? -- Overview -- The original institutional design The head of state The development of the executive: comosition and strtre The executive at work Conclusion
5 The Parliament: A Case of Continuous nstitutional Aatatin -- Overview -- The parliamentary model in Italy: eariest: experiences and the 1948 constitution The consolidation of pariament in the age of ful deocratiz ation: myths and realities Parliamentary processes and functions in the twenty-first century -- Profiles attitudes and careers of Itaian legislator Conclusion: between increental chanes and a 'permane claim for reforms'? -- 6 Local Government: The Long-Term Path towards a Federa* -- System -- Overview -- The traditional fragmentation of the Italian state and the constitutional compromise The second step of regionaism after 1970: mit a outcomes Sub-natioal Governance after 1990: how many steps Forwards -- Concusion -- Sracracy an Regulatory Bodies From Immobility to Per-rane nteforms -- Overview -- The histarical model and its legacies -- The republican model of public administration -- The new administrative system amid innovation and resistance -- Conclusin: he condition of the Itaan the taiahe beginning of the twety- first century -- Sudicial Power: An Unresolved Conflict with Politics -- Overvieww -- Histrical background -- The bill of rights -- Organization of the judiciary -- The Constitutional Court -- Conclusion
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Political Institutions in Italy focuses on the most recent developments in Italian politics, particularly those of the last 10-15 years. The authors address a number of themes, paradoxes, and problems inherent in Italian politics, the first being the shifting balance between the central administration and the periphery. The second theme concerns the divide between governing parties and permanent oppositions, and the third relates to the mix of political discontinuity and instability with a simultaneous stability of political parties.
Finally, the book considers the relationship between the Italian domestic system and the international system. In particular, it examines the impact of the East-West international divide on Italian politics and the Italian party system, the relationship between Italy and Europe, and Italy's strong support of European integration.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-269) and index.

Te Italian Polity and its Long-Term Transformations -- From n he puralism of regional states to a centralized state to a nw tntative federal mode! -- Demorratization with interruptions and new reforms -- ta on the intenational scene -- Conclusion -- 2 The Re l of Parties: From Deadock to Bipolar Alternation -- Overview -- From a delaied start to a strong portitocrzia -- The crisis af the ist republic and the first steps of a new party etor Sa tems and E ections Between Unfinished Reforms -- Fairy Sta Electorate67 -- Overview -- The electoral regime of the italian republic -- Building a 'quasi-maritariana electoral environment: the re- forms of the 1990s -- attns of voting behaviour in Italy: from the age of portIo cra t the ae of bipolarism The return of PR within a bipolar environment': te 2005 reform and the 2006 election Conclusion -- 4 The Executive: A Long Tradition of Weak and Unstae Gov -- Governments Comes to an End? -- Overview -- The original institutional design The head of state The development of the executive: comosition and strtre The executive at work Conclusion

5 The Parliament: A Case of Continuous nstitutional Aatatin -- Overview -- The parliamentary model in Italy: eariest: experiences and the 1948 constitution The consolidation of pariament in the age of ful deocratiz ation: myths and realities Parliamentary processes and functions in the twenty-first century -- Profiles attitudes and careers of Itaian legislator Conclusion: between increental chanes and a 'permane claim for reforms'? -- 6 Local Government: The Long-Term Path towards a Federa* -- System -- Overview -- The traditional fragmentation of the Italian state and the constitutional compromise The second step of regionaism after 1970: mit a outcomes Sub-natioal Governance after 1990: how many steps Forwards -- Concusion -- Sracracy an Regulatory Bodies From Immobility to Per-rane nteforms -- Overview -- The histarical model and its legacies -- The republican model of public administration -- The new administrative system amid innovation and resistance -- Conclusin: he condition of the Itaan the taiahe beginning of the twety- first century -- Sudicial Power: An Unresolved Conflict with Politics -- Overvieww -- Histrical background -- The bill of rights -- Organization of the judiciary -- The Constitutional Court -- Conclusion

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • 1 The Italian Polity and its Long-Term Transformations
  • 2 The Republic of Parties
  • 3 Electoral Systems and Elections
  • 4 The Executive
  • 5 The Parliament
  • 6 Local Government
  • 7 Bureacracy and Regulatory Bodies
  • 8 Judicial Power

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Maurizio Cotta is Professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics at the University of Siena.Luca Verzichelli is Associate Professor of Political Science and Italian Politics at the University of Siena.

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