Berlusconism and Italy [electronic resource] : A Historical Interpretation /
Orsina, G.author.
From the outset, Silvio Berlusconi's career was expected to be short, and he has been considered finished several times, only to have reemerged victorious. This fascinating political and historical study shows that Berlusconi's success and resilience have lain in his ability to provide answers to longstanding questions in Italian history.
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Berlusconism and Italy: A Historical Interpretation; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Italian Question; Modernity and the Mediterranean; Popper and Plato; Italy's Varied Backwardness; The Paradoxes of Jacobinism; The Unobtainable Truth; Illiberal Italy; Chapter 2: The Antifascist Republic and Its Parties; The Parties of the Republic; Right-Wing Antipartyism; The Impact of the 1960s; Hold Your Nose and Vote DC; The 1980s and the Crisis of the Republic; The Arch-Party; Toward Berlusconism; Chapter 3: Berlusconism; The Politics of Berlusconism; The State as a Friend; Hypopolitics
A Political Elite of Nonprofessional PoliticiansBerlusconism, the Plural Right, and Bipolarism; Berlusconi's Three Clocks; Berlusconism and Bipolarism; Defining Berlusconism; Chapter 4: The Berlusconi Voter; Who Voted for Berlusconi?; Why Did People Vote for Berlusconi?; The Politics of Skepticism; Chapter 5: The Rise and Fall of Berlusconism; 1994: Revolutionary Berlusconism; 1996-2001: The Consolidation of Berlusconism; 2001-6: Berlusconism of Government; 2005-6: The End of Berlusconism?; 2006-11: Berlusconi without Berlusconism; Epilogue: The Fly in the Bottle
A Note on the Most Relevant Center-Right and Right-Wing Parties and Coalitions, 1994-2013Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the outset, Silvio Berlusconi's career was expected to be short, and he has been considered finished several times, only to have reemerged victorious. This fascinating political and historical study shows that Berlusconi's success and resilience have lain in his ability to provide answers to longstanding questions in Italian history.
Berlusconi, Silvio, 1936-
Italy-History.
Europe-History.
Social history.
World politics.
Cultural studies.
Political science.
History of Italy.
European History.
Social History.
Political History.
Cultural Studies.
Political Science.