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The Papacy and Italian Politics
2023This chapter covers the correlation between the papacy and Italian politics. It explains the factors needed to determine the choice of a candidate for the highest role in the Roman Church. From the eleventh century, the Roman papacy played an increasingly pervasive role in the Italian peninsula.
Agostino Paravicini Bagliani +1 more
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Urbanization and Italian Politics
The Journal of Politics, 1967E FFORTS TO ACCOUNT for the nature and direction of political change in the developing nations of Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East have produced the theory of political modernization. In these nations, observers have found the gradual emergence of modern political systems, characterized by (1) functionally specialized political ...
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The Context of Italian Politics
1998Among the larger industrial states of Western Europe, Italy possesses certain unique characteristics. It has become one of the world’s ten leading industrial powers, yet the southern half of Italy is relatively underdeveloped and lags far behind the rest of the country—to say nothing of Western Europe—in per capita income.
M. Donald Hancock +4 more
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Government and Opposition, 1993
IN MODERN ITALIAN, ‘POLITICAL CLASS’ IS A CONCEPT quite distinct from that of a ruling class. The notion of political class applies to a million people who are in full-time politics. The cream of these professional politicians is part of the ruling class: a term which applies to the people who effectively run the country working in business, finance ...
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IN MODERN ITALIAN, ‘POLITICAL CLASS’ IS A CONCEPT quite distinct from that of a ruling class. The notion of political class applies to a million people who are in full-time politics. The cream of these professional politicians is part of the ruling class: a term which applies to the people who effectively run the country working in business, finance ...
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The vote of Italians abroad: an anomaly in the new Italian political landscape?
Contemporary Italian Politics, 2019In the parliamentary elections of 2018, right-wing populism and anti-establishment politics profoundly reshaped Italy’s electoral geography and party system. The xenophobic Lega (League) and the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (Five-star Movement, M5s) made substantial electoral gains in the domestic constituencies, paving the way for a coalition
Simone Battiston, Stefano Luconi
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Mediterranean Political Culture and Italian Politics: an Interpretation
British Journal of Political Science, 1974Both the classical Romans and the classical Fascists of Mussolini referred to the Mediterranean as Mare Nostrum, ‘our sea’. The rugged peninsula of Italy cuts the sea in half, making Italy, at least by geography, a Mediterranean country. At the same time, it is a European country, a central actor in the long history of both the Mediterranean and Europe.
Samuel H. Barnes, Giacomo Sani
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Italian political parties and the constitutionalization of politics
In the Italian legal system, the “constitutional defense” argument has gradually become a workhorse of sorts for political parties. The argument tries to leverage the unifying force of the Constitution and its sacrality, as a “call to arms” against unwanted policies or reforms. This chapter explores the history of this argument and its use by politicalopenaire +2 more sources
Brunetto Latini Italian (Political) Theory?
Rivista di Filosofia Neo-scolastica, 2020The article focuses on the figure of Brunetto Latini (13th c.) and some fundamental aspects of his political thought. The analysis of this author, famous above all for the Tresor (written in prose and in French) and the Tesoretto (in verse and in Florentine), is done by considering also the current historiographical debate about the so called Italian ...
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Chronology of Italian Political Events, 2012
Italian Politics, 2013The chapter describes the main events in Italian political system in 2012.
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Chronology of Italian Political Events, 2010
Italian Politics, 2011The chapter describes the main events in Italian political system in 2010.
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