Italy Between Europeanization and Domestic Politics

288 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In 2003, the government headed by Silvio Berlusconi attempted to take Italian public policy in a new direction. In social and labor market policy it challenged concertation; in foreign policy, it tried to transform the country's traditional Europeanist position into a pro-Atlantic stance; within the European Union, it promoted an inter-governmental position. The government's plans to alter the status quo did not always succeed, due to tensions within the majority. The opposition, in the meantime, mobilized around the issue of peace and the Iraq war. European Commission President Romano Prodi responded to the Ulivo coalition's fragmentation by proposing a unitary list for the 2004 European elections. There were also repeated attempts to change the features of public policy and political competition, countered by noteworthy forms of resistance.

• Reihe: Italian Politics
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat
• ISBN: 9781845451288
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2004
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Sergio Fabbrini, Vincent Della Sala