Table of Contents

Introduction:The Second Berlusconi Government  
Jean Blondel and Paolo Segatti

Chapter 1.  The Second Berlusconi Government Put to the Test: A Year of Complications
Maurizio Cotta and Luca Verzichelli

Chapter 2. Municipal Elections: Real Change or Simply Alternation?
Gianfranco Baldini and Guido Legnante

Chapter 3. The Opposition Role of the Center-Left Party
James L. Newel 

Chapter 4. The Ciampi Presidency
Gianfranco Pasquino

Chapter 5. Legitimate Suspicions? Berlusconi and the Judges
David Nelken

Chapter 6. The Berlusconi Government’s Economic Policy during the First Year of Office
Paolo Onofri

Chapter 7. The Italian Parliament twixt the Logic of Government and the Logic of Institutions (Much Ado about Something—but  What Exactly?)
Giliberto Capano and Marco Giuliani 

Chapter 8. The Bossi-Fini Law: Explicit Fanaticism, Implicit Moderation, and Poisoned Fruits
Asher Colombo and Giuseppe Sciortino

Chapter 9. Bank Foundations: An Attack Fought Off?
Renzo Costi

Chapter 10. The (Failed) Reform of Article 18
Aris Accornero and Eliana Como

Chapter 11. The Berlusconi Government’s Foreign Policy: The First  18 Months
Filippo Andreatta and Elisabetta Brighi

Chapter 12. Fiat: An Italian Crisis
Giuseppe Berta

Documentary Appendix
Compiled by Susy Monica Lelli

About the Author

Jean Blondel is Visiting Professor at Siena University and a ,member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Reviews

"These excellent analytical essays are complemented by a long documentary appendix giving useful statistics on population trends, immigration, public finances, employment, education, elections and referendums. There is also a helpful bibliography. An essential reference tool for anyone concerned with the stat and State of Italy."  ·  Modern Italy