The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond - Softcover

McCarthy, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333710088 ISBN 13: 9780333710081

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

Synopsis

As the Christian Democrats came to power after World War II, the Italian people hoped for a renewed Italy but their trust had been misplaced. In the first full English-language account of the Clean Hands crisis, Patrick McCarthy finds the roots of Berlusconi's rise and fall in the practices of clientalism, the machinations of the Mafia, the corporate direction of Fiat, the edicts of the Vatican, and even the organization of the Italian life. McCarthy also considers theestablishment of the historic center-left government that took power in mid-1996.

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Review

'McCarthy gives an exemplary account - the best to appear in English so far - of what went wrong with the Italian State during the nearly fifty-year duration of the First Republic.' - Times Literary Supplement

'(McCarthy) lays bare the causes of the decline of the ancien régime...this is not a simple account of the death-throes of the Christian Democrats, but a study that explains contemporary Italy by delving into its past.' - Le Monde

'Learned and thought-provoking...McCarthy has many shrewd things to say about the corruption of the state and its relations with a rapidly changing Italian society...lucid, insightful, and original.' - Foreign Affairs

About the Author

Patrick McCarthy is Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center. He was Professor of European Studies at JHU, Bologna. He is the author of many books including The Crisis of the Italian State and France-Germany in the Twenty-First Century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333710088
• ISBN 13: 9780333710081
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256