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• Introduction Multiple Populisms. Italy as Democracy's Mirror
• Paul Blokker and Manuel Anselmi
• Part 1 Which People for What Form of Democracy?
• Chapter 1 The Construction of the People
• Valentina Paze
• Chapter 2 Neo-Populism and the Subversion of Democratic Quality
• Leonardo Morlino and Francesco Raniolo
• Chapter 3 Depoliticization, Anti-politics and the Moral People
• Fabio De Nardis
• Part. 2 Populism and the Transformation of Parties
• Chapter 4 Anti-party-ism as a Structural Component of Italian Democracy
• Nadia Urbinati
• Chapter 5 "Particracy": The Pre-Populist Critique of Party Democracy, and Its Implications
• David Ragazzoni
• Chapter 6 Populist Anti-party Parties
• Lorenzo Viviani
• Part. 3 Populism and the Transformation of the Public Sphere
• Chapter 7 Technopopulism and Direct Representation
• Michele Sorice and Emiliana De Blasio
• Chapter 8 Intellectuals and Cultural Populism
• Massimiliano Panarari
• Chapter 9 Penal Populism in the Multi-populist Context of Italy
• Manuel Anselmi and Stefano Anastasia
• Part. 4 Populism and the Transformation of Politics
• Chapter 10 Citizen Democracy. "New Politics" in "New Participation" Models
• Marco Damiani
• Chapter 11 The Populist Assault on the Constitution
• Paul Blokker
• Chapter 12 Four Italian Populisms
• Cecilia Biancalana.
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This book provides a comprehensive interpretation of the multiple manifestations of populism using Italy, the only country amongst consolidated constitutional democracies in which populist political forces have been in government on various occasions since the early 1990s, as the starting point and benchmark. Populism is a complex, multi-faceted political phenomenon which redefines many of the essential characteristics of democracy; participation, representation, and political conflict. This book considers contemporary versions of populism that pose a real challenge to representative and constitutional democracy. Contributors provide an integrative interpretation of populism and analyse its principal historical, social and politico-legal variables to provide a multi-dimensional reflection on the concept of populism, comprehensive analysis of the populist phenomenon and a theoretical and comparative perspective on the diverse political experiences of populism. Based on conceptual and interdisciplinary reflections from expert authors, this book will be of great interest to scholars and post-graduate students of cultural studies, European studies, political sociology, political science, comparative politics, political philosophy, and political theory with an interest in a comparative and interdisciplinary theory of populism and its manifestations.
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• Chronology of Italian political events, 2009 / compiled by Rinaldo Vignati
• Introduction : managing uncertainty / Marco Giuliani and Erik Jones
• Berlusconi, sex, and the avoidance of a media scandal / Stephen Gundle
• The Partito Democratico : a troubled beginning / Chris Hanretty and Alex Wilson
• European elections in Italy and Europe / Enrico Calossi and Luciano Bardi
• The balance of the coalition / Elisabetta De Giorgi
• The G8 in Italy between politics and protest : a case of success? / Massimiliano Andretta and Nicola Chelotti
• Italian foreign policy and the Obama administration : between new opportunities and constraints / Emiliano Alessandri
• The same old film : the never-ending woes of Italy's justice system / Justin O. Frosini
• The "Brunetta effect" : evaluation and accountability in federal Italy / Mita Marra
• Recalibrating the Italian welfare state : a politics too weak for a "necessary" policy? / Matteo Jessoula
• Economic policy in a global crisis : did Italy get it right? / Riccardo Rovelli
• Immigration, Islam, and political discourse / Saskia van Genugten
• Eluana Englam's death and the debate over living wills / Nicola Pasini
• Documentary appendix / compiled by Debora Mantovani.

Scholars have long sought to explain how Italian democracy survives and the nation avoids fragmentation. Editors Giuliani and Jones have assembled 12 contributions, including an excellent historical chronology and introductory chapter, in an effort to shed light on [this question] and more. This book and the series to which it belongs are an indispensable resource. Highly recommended. Choice A indispensible road map to the strengths and weaknesses of Italy's response to the global economic crisis. Italy remains a major eurozone economy, but one as constrained as ever by economic dualism. No understanding of its prospects is complete without a proper analysis of the enduring political complexity that results. For the 2009 edition, Jones and Giuliani have assembled an excellent team that guides us through recent developments, while setting them firmly in a long-term perspective. David Hine, Oxford University In 2009 the political and social life of Italy featured high levels of uncertainty. Lackluster economic performance was the most obvious source of anxiety, but Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition also had to contend with a series of sensational revelations about the prime minister's personal life as well as more troubling divisions within the coalition itself. Meanwhile, the governing coalition faced additional challenges: the European elections, a referendum on electoral reform, and a controversial G-8 summit. The center-left opposition struggled as well: from the resignation of Walter Veltroni to the election of Pier Luigi Bersani, the Partito Democratico had difficulty uniting around a common platform or even a coherent mission. As many of the more salacious stories involving politicians faded from the public eye, debate revolved around the reform of welfare state institutions and administrative practices, while fundamental cleavages over religious values and immigration deepened. The popular mood was unsettled but events calmed markedly in the immediate aftermath of a violent attack on the prime minister, and as the year closed, Italians proved capable of managing the uncertainty that continued to hover over the country. Marco Giuliani is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Milan. His recent publications include La Politica Europea (Il Mulino 2006) and Governance e Politiche nell'Unione Europea, co-edited with Maurizio Ferrera (Il Mulino 2008). Erik Jones is Professor of European Studies at the SAIS Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University and a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. His recent publications include Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Small States (Oxford University Press 2008) and The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union (Rowman & Littlefield 2002).
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