Modern Italy / John Foot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foot, John, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--History--1870-1914.

Italy.

History.

Italy--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 270 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Designed as a teaching text for universities, Modern Italy concentrates on the history of 20th Century Italy. By using different kinds of materials and "links" between various disciplines and subject areas, this book aims to both explain certain features of Italian historical development and provoke further discussion. The study is organized around broad thematic chapters--the nation, the state, economy and society, politics--which introduce the reader to historical debates, themes, controversies and arguments. Boxes at the end of each chapter provide useful further information for students.

Contents:

Map 1 Italy in 1861 xii

Map 2 Italy in 1870 xiii

Map 3 Italy since 1919 xiv

Introduction: Studying Italy 1

Themes and Chronologies 2

Dates and Epochs 3

Methods of Analysis 4

1 The Nation 14

Defining the Nation 14

Components of the Nation 18

The Contested Nation 36

The Republic and the Nation, 1946-2001 48

2 The State 54

A Permanent Legitimation Crisis? 54

Institutions, Rules and Organizations: the Architecture and Structure of the Italian State 62

Justice, Laws and the Legal System 70

Enforcing the Law, Protecting the State, Keeping Order, Making War 77

Raising Money: the State and Taxation 93

Administering the State: Bureaucracy and Public Services 97

The Structure of the State: National and Local Institutions 103

3 Economy and Society 111

Debates around the Italian Economy and Italian Society: Four Themes 111

Economic and Social Italies: Country, City, Industry 113

Industrial Italy 132

The Post-war Economic Miracle 138

The State and the Economy: Public and Private Sectors 144

The 'Southern Question': the Problem of Problems 150

4 Politics 159

Analysing Italian Politics 159

Definitions and Keywords 160

Organizing Politics 173

Mass Parties: the Left 174

Mass Parties: the Church and the Centre Ground of Politics - Catholic Political Parties 183

The Far Right: Fascist and Neo-fascist Parties 189

The Second Republic: New Parties after 1992 192

Rules and Politics 193

Conclusion: Italy, Democracy and Politics 205

Appendix 1 Italian Governments from 1860 207

Appendix 2 Italian Heads of State from 1860 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-254) and index.

ISBN:

0333669045

0333669053

OCLC:

51817516