Italian Politics: The Year Of The Tycoon

by Richard S Katz, Piero Ignazi

Overview

This book describes all the crucial issues that defined Italian political and social life during 1994 and interpreted by renowned scholars from Italy, the United States, and Britain, who provide an indispensable guide for understanding Italy's political transformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813329765
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	03/22/1996
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1590L (what's this?)

About the Author

Richard S. Katz is professor and chair of the Political Science Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Piero Ignazi is senior lecturer of comparative politics in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bologna. Richard S. Katz is professor and chair of the Political Science Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Piero Ignazi is senior lecturer of comparative politics in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bologna.

Table of Contents

Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1994 — Introduction — Forza Italia: The Overwhelming Success and the Consequent Problems of a Virtual Party — From the Ghetto to Palazzo Chigi: The Ascent of the National Alliance — The Failure of the Progressive Alliance — The 1994 Elections — The New Members of Parliament — The First Majoritarian Parliament — Mani Pulite, Year III — The New Foreign Policy — The Uncertain Path of Privatization — Politics and Karaoke — RAI and Fininvest in the Year of Berlusconi — Documentary Appendix — About the Editors and Contributors — About the Book