The Lega Nord and the Northern Question in Italian Politics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780333750681
Subjects: Nationalism; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Italy; Government - Comparative; Political Process - Political Parties; Political Science / Political Parties; Political Ideologies - Democracy; 1996-; History; Italy, Northern; Lega nord; Politics and government
First sentence: In the spring of 1985, an obscure party known as the Lega Autonoma Lombarda (a name shortened to Lega Lombarda the following year) took 13,000 votes in local elections in the wealthy Alpine province of Varese: 2.5 per cent of the votes cast.