Territory and Politics in Contemporary Italy

The book is structured around a coherent central theme: the cultural and social basis of democracy in the Italian experience. In particular, it discusses the Italian political system, since Italy is the only country to have experienced the entire party system collapse and facing a crisis that seems endless. This work examines Italian democracy focusing on its territorial dynamics throughout the last two centuries. From the particular context of Italian democracy, the author explores the new cleavage that advances in all consolidated democracies and identifies the reasons for its present crisis and possible ways out.

Feeds into the debate about the state of Italian democracy Is based on Weberian comparative historical analysis Appeals to political sociologists, political anthropologists, contemporary and local historians

Autorentext

Marco Almagisti is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Padua, where he directs the "Giorgio Lago" Interdepartmental Centre for Territorial Studies. He is also the Editor of the journal "Altopiano. Rivista di analisi politica . In 2015 he founded the Politics and History Standing Group within the Italian Political Science Association (SISP).

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Democracy and Social Capital.- Chapter 2: Social Capital and Political Parties.- Chapter 3: Social Capital and Political System.- Chapter 4: Italy in the Balance: A Long Political Transition.