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Italy and its discontents : family, civil society, state, 1980-2001 / Paul Ginsborg.

Title
Italy and its discontents : family, civil society, state, 1980-2001 / Paul Ginsborg.
Author
Ginsborg, Paul
Publication
New York ; Palgrave Macmillan. 2003.

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xv, 520 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
A major bestseller in Italy, Paul Ginsborg's account of this most recent and dynamic period in Italy's history is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand contemoprary Italy. Ginsborg chronicles a period that witnessed a radical transformation in the country's social, economic and political landscape, creating a fascinating and definitve account of how Italy has coped or failed to cope as it moves from one century to the next. With particular emphasis on its role in italian life, work and culture Ginsborg shows how smaller families, longer lives and greater generation crossover have had significant effects on Italian society. Ginsborg looks at the 2000 elections, the influence of the Mafia, the decline of both Communism and Catholicism, and the change in national identity.
Subject
  • Since 1900
  • Political corruption > Italy > History > 20th century
  • Political corruption > Italy > History > 21st century
  • Politics and culture > Italy > History > 20th century
  • Politics and culture > Italy > History > 21st century
  • Italy > History > 1976-
  • Italy > Politics and government > 1976-1994
  • Italy > Politics and government > 1994-2018
  • Italy > Social conditions > 1976-1994
  • Italy > Social conditions > 1994-
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Originally published: London : Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2001.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-500) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Italian economy: constraints and achievements -- The social hierarchies of a prosperous nation -- Families and consumption -- Civil society and mass culture -- A blocked political system, 1980-92 -- Corruption and the mafia -- The state within and the state without -- Denouement, 1992-4 -- From Berlusconi to Berlusconi, 1994-2001.
ISBN
1403961522
OCLC
  • 51461530
  • SCSB-10500948
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library