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Title The Italian general election of 2008 : Berlusconi strikes back / edited by James L. Newell
Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : a guide to the election and 'instructions for use' / James L. Newell -- The political context 2006-2008 / Alfio Mastropaolo -- The economic context / Michele Capriati -- The EU and international contexts / Giovanna Antonia Fois -- The parties of the centre left / Ilaria Favretto -- The parties of the centre right : many oppositions, one leader / Daniele Albertazzi and Duncan McDonnell -- The processes of alliance formation / Mark Donovan -- Campaign issues and themes / Donatella Campus -- The low intensity media campaign and a vote that comes from far back / Franca Roncarolo -- The new technologies : the first Internet 2.0 election / Cristopher Cepernich -- Italian voters : Berlusconi's victory and the 'new' Italian party system / Alessandro Chiaramonte -- A different legislature? The parliamentary scene following the 2008 elections / Ferderico Russo and Luca Verzichelli -- The formation of the fourth Berlusconi government / Gianfranco Pasquino -- Conclusion : a watershed election? / James L. Newell
Summary In this book leading academics provide comprehensive analysis of an election whose outcome has been perhaps the most dramatic in Italian history. Covering the political, economic and foreign-policy background, the campaign and the outcome, the book offers a sequel to earlier volumes on the 2001 and 2006 elections - thus giving the added value of a work allowing direct comparison of 2008 with the previous elections - while providing important insights into the current trajectory of Italian politics. Like the previous volumes, the book begins with the context in which the election took place - before considering the preparations made by the two main electoral coalitions in the lead up to the campaign; the campaign issues; the role of the media; the electorate; the new parliament; the new government. Accessible to both specialists and the interested general reader, this book is essential reading for academics, election analysts, journalists and policy-makers alike
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Italy. Parlamento -- Elections, 2006
SUBJECT Italy. Parlamento fast
Subject Elections -- Italy -- History -- 21st century
Political campaigns -- Italy -- History -- 21st century
Elections & referenda -- Italy.
Central government -- Italy.
Media studies -- Italy.
Comparative politics -- Italy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Politics and Government.
Elections
Political campaigns
Politics and government
SUBJECT Italy -- Politics and government -- 1994-2018. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96008571
Subject Italy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Newell, James
ISBN 9780230234130
0230234135
9781282504516
1282504517