Italy today the sick man of Europe 1st Edition by Andrea Mammone, Giuseppe A Veltri ISBN 0203859634 9780203859636

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ISBN 10: 0203859634 
ISBN 13: 9780203859636
Author: Andrea Mammone, Giuseppe A Veltri

Italy today the sick man of Europe 1st Table of contents:

1 A ‘sick man’ in Europe
Studying the Italia malata
Beyond Berlusconi
Italy Today: an overview
Notes
Bibliography
Part I Politics and society
2 Elites and the democratic disease
Summary
Introduction: democratic malaise
Are the best in power?
Decision, merit and sense of responsibility: between desire and reality of the Italian elites
What is Italian citizenry doing for the quality of its democracy?
A bird’s eye view of the society
Cynic or civic
Individual, democratic and social capitalism
Notes
Bibliography
3 Common manifestoes and coalition governance
Summary
Introduction
Common manifestoes in Italy: case studies
Negotiation of the common manifestoes
Description of common manifestoes
Implementation of pledges
Common manifestoes: a tool for coalition governance
Anticipation of conflicts
Conflict resolution
Conclusion
Notes
References
4 The programmatic convergence of parties and their weakness in policy making
Summary
Introduction1
Ideology within poles
Ideology between poles
The party system and the policy making
Conclusion
Notes
References
5 When politics matters
Summary
Introduction
The expected virtues of Italian federalism
Three paradoxes of the Italian federalism (before 2006)
Conclusion: which future for Italian federalism (after 2006)?
Notes
References
6 Family politics, the Catholic Church and the transformation of family life in the Second Republic
Summary
Introduction: the ambiguous role of the Italian family
The family and the Catholic cultural project in Italy
The church and the political sphere
Family politics
A family for the twenty-first century: modernization or decay?
Regulating sexuality and cohabitation in Italy
Conclusions
Notes
References
7 The media between market and politics
Summary
Introduction
Owners
Journalists
RAI
Private broadcasters
Problems of duopoly
Berlusconi
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part II History, memory and politics
8 The legacy of the strategy of tension and the armed conflict in a context of (non)reconciliation
Summary
Introduction
Ways to approach national reconciliation
The limits of retributive justice in Italy
Restorative justice: a non-starter?
Collective amnesia: fuelling victimization myths
Conclusion
Notes
References
9 Fascism as ‘heritage’ in contemporary Italy
Summary
Introduction
Mosaics, marbles and memories: the Foro Italico
Just a monument? heritagizing the fascist past
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part III Institutional(ized) Exclusion?
10 The Northern League and its ‘innocuous’ xenophobia
Summary
Introduction
An unclassifiable party?
A differentialist Weltanschauung
An actor of an increasingly restrictive immigration policy
From a xenophobic policy to a racist one
Xenophobia: a place to take in the Italian political market?
Notes
References
11 ‘Gypsies out of Italy!’
Summary
Introduction1
The discovery of the ‘nomad emergency’
The public debate: a contemporary witch-hunt?
The direct and indirect effects of the decree-law
Changing government, changing policy? Elections and the political use of the ‘Gypsy issue’
Governing the ‘state of emergency’
An unusual census
Conclusions
Notes
References
12 The Catholic Church, universal truth and the debate on national identity and immigration
Summary
Introduction
Religion in post-modern societies
The principle of truth and the Church’s ‘rational’ approach to ‘the other’
Selective solidarity: the Church’s utilitarian criterion to interpret immigration
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part IV Mezzogiorno
13 The strongest mafia: ’Ndrangheta made in Calabria
Summary
Introduction
A rigid and ‘traditionalist’ organization guarded by secrecy and rites
The present day power of the ’Ndrangheta: the local level
The global contemporary power of the ’Ndrangheta
A ‘deeply and traditionally rooted’ international attitude
Conclusions
Notes
References
14 Revisiting Naples
Summary
Introduction
The Neapolitan Camorra as a criminal subsystem
Clientelism in post-war Naples
The Neapolitan Camorra in post-war Naples (1946–1993)
Clientelism in second millennium Naples
The Neapolitan Camorra today
Conclusion
References
Part V Economy and political economy
15 Industrialization, convergence and governance
Summary
Introduction
Convergence, sector imbalance and industrialization in Italy
The need for a long-run growth strategy
Conclusions
Notes
References
16 Twenty years of European funding
Summary
Introduction
Cohesion policy principles and regulations
The Italian adaptation of cohesion policy
From rejection to adaptation
The implementation gap between north and south
Administrative and political bottlenecks
Actors
Context
Rules and procedures
The political dimension
Open challenges
Notes
References
17 Labour and welfare reforms
Summary
Introduction1
No country for old unionism
The outset of concertation: income policies
Reforming the pension system with the unions
The Olive Tree Coalition and the flexibilization of the labour market
Understanding concertation and its consequences
Conclusions: A self-defeating strategy?
Notes
References
18 The crisis of family firms and the decline of Italian capitalism
Summary
Introduction
The Italian family capitalism
Theoretical arguments against family firms
Theoretical arguments in favour of family firms
Evidence on the performance of family firms
The Italian experience
Obstacles to the reallocation of control in Italy

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