Interest groups in Italian politics / by Joseph La Palombara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LaPalombara, Joseph, 1925- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2223

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pressure groups.

Representative government and representation.

Italy--Politics and government--1945-1976.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1964.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The author examines both structurally and functionally the General Confederation of Italian Industry, Italian Catholic Action, the Christian Democrats, the Italian Liberal Party, the monarchist Italian Republican Party, the neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement, and many more interest groups. The book is based on several years of field research in Italy, including interviews with scores of political figures, bureaucrats, and interest group leaders.Originally published in 1964.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT

III. THE ITALIAN POLITICAL CULTURE

IV. THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT

V. AN INTEREST GROUP INVENTORY

VI. PATTERNS OF GROUP COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTION

VII. LEGISLATIVE INTERACTION

VIII. BUREAUCRATIC INTERVENTION: CLIENTELA

IX. BUREAUCRATIC INTERVENTION: PARENTELA

X. SCOPE AND LIMITS OF BUREAUCRATIC INTERVENTION

XI. GROUP PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES: AN EPILOGUE

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-691-65146-9

1-4008-7783-0

OCLC:

927443541