The Routledge handbook of contemporary Italy : history, politics, society / edited by Andrea Mammone, Ercole Giap Parini and Giuseppe A. Veltri.

Contributor Mammone, Andrea.

Imprint:New York, NY : Routledge, [2014]

Descriptionxi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Note:Part 1: Old and New Tension in Contemporary Italian Society -- The 'southern question' ... again / Iain Chambers -- Fratelli d'Italia: Differences and similarities in social values between Italian macro-regions / Giuseppe A. Veltri -- From manpower to brain drain? Emigration and the Italian state, between past and present / Guido Tintori, Michele Colucci -- Racism, immigration and new identities in Italy / Carl Levy -- Role and perceptions of women in comtemporary Italy / Elisabetta Ruspini -- New generation at a crossroads: Decline or change? Young people in Italy and their transformation since the nineties / Gianluca Argentin -- Mafias, Italy and beyond / Ercole Giap Parini -- Part 2: Democratic Life and Institutions -- Institutions and the political system in Italy: A story of failure / Martin J. Bull -- The missing renewal of the ruling class / Luca Verzichelli -- Media and democracy / Cinzia Padovani -- No longer pro-European? Politicisation and contestation of Europe in Italy / Nicoḷ Conti -- Religion and the state / Donatella Loprieno -- Part 3: Politics -- Genius loci: The geography of Italian politics / John Agnew -- The political right / Francesco Ramiolo, Marco Tarchi -- From communism to centre-left: Analysis of an unprecedented political trajectory / Marc Lazar, Lilia Giugni -- From the Democrazia Cristiana to the archipelago of Catholic and centrist parties / Mark Donovan -- The fluctuating fortunes of the Lega Nord / Anna Cento Bull -- Magistrates going into politics: Antonio Di Pietro and Italy of Values / James L. Newell -- Social movement campaigns from global justice activism to Movimento Cinque Stelle / Maria Fabbri, Mario Diani -- Part 4: Italian Welfare and Economy -- Welfare, Italian style: From Bismarckian beginnings to crisis and reform / Julia Lynch, Peter Ceretti -- Clientelism / Jean-Louis Briquet -- The impact of political calculus on the reform of institutions and growth: Old and new examples / Leone Leonida, Dario Maimone, Ansaldo Patti, Pietro Navarra -- Italian firms / Alessandro Giovannini, Raoul Minetti -- The banking system and savings allocation in Italy / Alfonsina Iona, Leone Leonida, Damiano Bruno Silipo -- Part 5: Memories -- Cinema and public memory / Paolo Jedlowski -- The Risorgimento in contemporary Italy: History, politics and memory during the national jubilees (1911-1961-2011) / Annarita Gori -- The 'spaces' of anti-Fascism in Italy today / Philip Cooke -- Italy's colonial past / Roberta Pergher.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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