West European Politics articles from January 1997

West European Politics archives from January 1997

Between crisis and transition: Italian politics in the 1990s.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... The last special issue of West European Politics devoted to Italian politics was published in 1979.(1) The timing of that issue was apposite. It came at the end of a decade of social, economic and political crisis in which Italy was portrayed as...

Sub-national governments in the long Italian transition.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... The territorial dimension in Italian politics has undergone considerable, but not uniform, change during the 1990s. Yet, whether these changes, and the underlying trends they reflect, are as radical, in portent, as the current political debate...

The reform of finance and administration in Italy: contrasting achievements.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... The poor state of Italian finances and the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the Italian administration have been well-known since the 1970s, as have the difficulties in achieving an improvement in either. In recent years, however, there has...

Parties, Policies, and Democracy.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... Parties, Policies, and Democracy by Klingemann et al. is one of the most recent publications to stem from the long-standing Manifestos Research Group of the ECPR, and, like most of the other books and articles which have been produced by the...

Contemporary Italy: A Research Guide.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... Nearly 700 books are surveyed and analysed in this extremely useful, clearly-constructed research guide. The guide covers both English language and Italian sources published in the post-war period, concentrating on the later part of this period....

Politics and Ideology in the Italian Workers' Movement: Union Development and the Changing Role of the Catholic and Communist Subcultures in Postwar Italy.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... Although originating from different disciplines, these two excellent monographs on the post-1945 Italian trade-union movement are complementary. Bedani's historical account of modern Italian trade unionism is perhaps the most comprehensive and...

The Puzzle of Strikes: Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... Although originating from different disciplines, these two excellent monographs on the post-1945 Italian trade-union movement are complementary. Bedani's historical account of modern Italian trade unionism is perhaps the most comprehensive and...

The New Italian Republic: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Berlusconi.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... The New Italian Republic brings together 22 specialists in Italian politics to examine the events and circumstances contributing to the crisis which has invested the Italian political system since 1989. Since the crisis is above all a crisis of...

From Peasant to Entrepreneur: The Survival of the Family Economy in Italy.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... The theme of this book is most interesting and concerns a particular pattern of industrialisation which developed in some regions of Italy. It was characterised by small-scale industry with highly specialised and very flexible production and the...

Ideological Profile of Twentieth-Century Italy.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... Norberto Bobbio's survey of intellectual traditions in Italy throughout this century is a welcome and timely contribution to Italian historiography. As a guide to the currents of thought, debates and publications that have both informed and...

Fascism: A History.(Special Issue on Crisis and Transition in Italian Politics)
January 1, 1997... The focus of this book is upon examining fascism across four countries with differing fascist experiences: two obvious candidates (Germany and Italy), one country with historic fascist tendencies evident but not given parallel centre stage...

The Making of Portuguese Democracy.
January 1, 1997... After many years of neglect Portuguese studies have regained momentum. The two most recent studies indicate a renewed dynamism in Portuguese politics. As a matter of fact, Portugal was the first country to embark on what is known as the 'third...

Democratization and Social Settlements: The Politics of Change in Contemporary Portugal.
January 1, 1997... After many years of neglect Portuguese studies have regained momentum. The two most recent studies indicate a renewed dynamism in Portuguese politics. As a matter of fact, Portugal was the first country to embark on what is known as the 'third...