In 2001, for the first time in the history of the Italian Republic, an opposition replaced the incumbent government as a consequence of an electoral victory. In

The contributors to this volume assess the second Berlusconi government & its policies.

Italy in 2013 seemed to be continually on the cusp of substantive reform and forward motion, but never quite achieved it. The previous two years had seen the fa

The main area of sustained populist growth in recent decades has been Western Europe, where populist parties have not only endured longer than expected, but hav

This book is about one of the most remarkable European politicians of recent decades, Silvio Berlusconi, and about his contribution to the dramatic changes that