Making Democracy Work

1994-05-27 Political Science

Author : Robert D. Putnam
Release : 1994-05-27
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Making Democracy Work by : Robert D. Putnam

Download or read book Making Democracy Work written by Robert D. Putnam. This book was released on 1994-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity.

Italian Democracy

2019-11-08 Political Science

Author : Gianfranco Pasquino
Release : 2019-11-08
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Italian Democracy by : Gianfranco Pasquino

Download or read book Italian Democracy written by Gianfranco Pasquino. This book was released on 2019-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook, from one of Italy’s most eminent scholars, provides broad coverage and critique of Italian politics and society. Providing the readers with the knowledge necessary to understand the working of the Italian political system, it also offers answers to some of the most important challenges facing the country – and other contemporary democracies – today, such as populism, anti-politics and corruption. Critical but underpinned by thorough data and analysis, it presents alternative views alongside the author’s interpretation. Crucially, the book uses a comparative framework to explain Italy’s transformation and evaluate its performance. Comparing the rules, institutions, parties and actors at work in the most important European political systems – France, Germany, Great Britain – with those in Italy, the Italian context is better understood and assessed in contrast. This text will be essential reading for students and scholars of Italian politics and European politics, and more broadly for comparative politics and democracy.

Democracy, Italian Style

1987-01-01 History

Author : Joseph LaPalombara
Release : 1987-01-01
Genre : History
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Download or read book Democracy, Italian Style written by Joseph LaPalombara. This book was released on 1987-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes Italian politics, argues that crises that threaten to destroy the government actually make democracy there stronger, and discusses the Italian political parties

Government and Politics of Italy

2017-09-12 Political Science

Author : Robert Leonardi
Release : 2017-09-12
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Government and Politics of Italy written by Robert Leonardi. This book was released on 2017-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political history of Italy has been an undeniably turbulent one. The country's political system has been repeatedly threatened by the historical existence of extremist parties on the left and right, an economy which struggles to adapt, the cleavage between a developed north and an underdeveloped south, the challenge posed by terrorist groups and organized crime, high public debt, and governments that last on average only ten months. Paradoxically, however, Italy continues to muddle through from one political crisis to another with one of the world's highest standards of living and quality of life. What is the secret of Italian politics?

Italy

1986-03-31 Political Science

Author : Frederic Spotts
Release : 1986-03-31
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Italy written by Frederic Spotts. This book was released on 1986-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy is the world's sixth economic power, lies in a key geopolitical position, and was a founding member of NATO and the European Community. Yet of all the major European states Italy is the least understood and studied. This book provides the only up-to-date survey of the Italian political scene during the forty years since World War II. It describes the inner-dynamics of the political parties, the day-to-day functioning of the governing institutions, and the interaction of the country's economic, social, and political life. It shows how a political system, riven with difficulties and seemingly in a continual crisis, survives and prospers - in some ways more successfully than its purportedly better-governed neighbours. Based on the authors' first-hand observations of Italian politics, the book offers a valuable insight into a subtle and complex, but fascinating political world.

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