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Publication Announcement: Italy Today. The Sick Man of Europe, Routledge, 2010
| Publication Date: | 2010-06-16 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-03-14 |
| Announcement ID: |
174819 |
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Andrea Mammone and Giuseppe Veltri (eds.), Italy Today. The Sick Man of Europe, Routledge, London and New York, 2010
About the Book
Italy Today represents one of the most comprehensive examinations of contemporary Italy. It is a provocative and an innovative collection that aims to highlight the current 'crisis' of the country through an analysis of several different 'dark shadows' of contemporary Italian society.
Italy already had a long history of 'unsolved' issues, several chronic problems and contradictions that have been ignored for a very long time, during which they have assumed dramatic proportions and gravity. The peninsula has now become the 'Sick Man of Europe', a country facing a veritable decline also caused by apparent incapacity and difficulties of the ruling economic, political and social elites.
Discussions include:
* an evaluation of the current predicaments of the political system
* analysis of emerging mafias, including new powerful crime organizations such as ‘Ndrangheta
* issues surrounding the ongoing presence of Fascism
* examination of the recent xenophobic tensions
* discussion of problems associated with the missed opportunity of the EU funding, and the increasing regional economic gaps
* outline of the systemic troubles of Italy's economic and industrial system.
Written by leading experts in the field and covering a wide range of topics, this collection is essential reading for all those seeking to understand the issues and problems that are facing contemporary Italy.
Reviews
"Faced with the attention-seeking antics of Silvio Berlusconi and his political allies, increasingly the temptation is not to treat Italy seriously. The great achievement of the contributors to this excellent volume is to reach behind the façade of political posturing to show that Italy does matter, because the failure of Italy's political system to come up with solutions to the chronic problems facing the country today poses questions that are relevant to all advanced democracies. Italy today, but where next?" - John Davis, University of Connecticut
"Written by well known specialists and young researchers from Italy or outside, this book is dedicated to Contemporary Italy, considered as the sick man of Europe. All the aspects of its
decline are studied in an interdisciplinary approach.'' - Marc Lazar, Sciences Po, Paris
Table of Contents
Foreword - P. Corner
1. A 'Sick Man' in Europe - A. Mammone and G. Veltri
Part 1: Politics and Society
2. Elites and the Democratic Disease - C. Carboni
3. Common Manifestoes and Coalition Governance: How Italian Political Leaders Missed the Window of Opportunity - C. Moury
4. The Programmatic Convergence of the Italian Parties and their Weakness in the Policy-Making – N. Conti
5. When Politics Matters: Federalism, Italian Style - C. Roux
6. Family Politics, the Catholic Church and the Transformation of Family Life in the Italian Second Republic - S. Bernini
7. The Italian Media between Market and Politics – C. Hanretty
Part 2: History, Memory and Politics
8. The Legacy of the Strategy of Tension and the Armed Conflict in a Context of (non)Reconciliation - A. Cento Bull
9. Fascism as Heritage in Contemporary Italy – J. Arthurs
Part 3: Institutional(ized) Exclusion?
10. The Northern League and its 'Innocuous' Xenophobia - M. Avanza
11. "Gypsies out of Italy!": Social Exclusion and Racial Discrimination of Roma and Sinti - N. Sigona
12. The Catholic Church, Universal Truth, and the Debate on National Identity and Immigration: A New Model of 'Selective Solidarity' – E. Garau
Part 4: Mezzogiorno: A Never Ending Problem
13. The Strongest Mafia: 'Ndrangheta made in Calabria - E. G. Parini
14. Revisiting Naples: Clientelism and Organized Crime - F. Allum and P. Allum
Part 5: Economy and Political Economy
15. Industrialization, Convergence and Governance: The Case of Italy - A. Iona, L. Leonida and G. Sobbrio
16. 20 years of European Funding: Italy still Struggling with Implementation - S. Milio
17. Labour and Welfare Reforms: The Short Life of Labour Unity in Contemporary Italy - M. Simoni
18. The Crisis of Family Firms and the Decline of Italian Capitalism - R. Minetti
For further information please visit website:
http://www.routledge.com/9780415561600
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