The Lega Nord and the northern question in Italian politics
By: Anna Cento Bull and Mark Gilbert.
Contributors: Gilbert, Mark, 1961-.
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Lega nord -- History.; Italy, Northern -- Politics and government.; Italy, Northern -- Politics and government -- 1996-; Italy -- Politics and government -- 1976-1994.; Italy -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Description: "The Lega Nord has arguably been the most important new force in Italian politics in the last two decades. This book is the first attempt to study the Lega as a phenomenon which arose in the industrial areas of Northern Italy in the 1980s and which succeeded in mobilizing the entrepreneurial class in a campaign against the Italian state."

"The Lega was instrumental in bringing down the Italian political system at the beginning of the 1990s and is still today a force to be reckoned with on the national scene. The authors recount the Lega's bold attempt to create a new nation called Padania in Northern Italy and chart its descent into a party of the extreme right. Above all the book underlines that the demands of the rich North present a major challenge to Italy's political class and institutions. The Lega put this challenge on the national agenda and introduced the themes that dominate Italian politics today."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-198) and index.