Italian Politics

by Amyot, Grant; Verzichelli, Luca

• ISBN13: 9781845452667
• ISBN10: 1845452666
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-31
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

In the course of hostilities between Greek and Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and 1974, over 2000 persons, both Greek and Turkish Cypriots, went "missing" in Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean with a population distribution of 80% Greeks and 18% Turks. This represents a significant number for a population of only 600,000. Few bodies have been recovered; most will probably not be. All are still mourned by their surviving friends and relatives. The conflict has still not been resolved and the memories are still alive.

Table of Contents

Chronology of Italian political events, 2005	p. 1
Introduction : end-of-term anxieties and improvisation	p. 29
The regional elections : winning too convincingly?	p. 47
From federation to union, from parties to primaries : the search for unity in the center-left	p. 67
Italy and world affairs : the Sgrena-Calipari case	p. 85
Games advanced democracies play : the coalition crisis of April 2005	p. 105
From resource to constraint? : Italy and the stability and growth pact	p. 123
The bank takeover bids and the role of the Bank of Italy	p. 139
The referendum on artificial insemination	p. 163
The Italian church in the year of the papal succession	p. 182
The government's educational reforms : blunted arrows, wrong targets?	p. 200
Mortal risks? : the problem of Italy's international competitiveness	p. 220
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