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Italian Democracy This textbook, from one of Italy’s most eminent scholars, provides broad coverage and critique of Italian politics and society. Providing the readers with the knowledge necessary to understand the working of the Italian political system, it also offers answers to some of themostimportantchallengesfacingthecountry–andothercontempor- ary democracies – today, such as populism, anti-politics and corruption. Criticalbutunderpinnedbythoroughdataandanalysis,itpresentsalter- native views alongside the author’s interpretation. Crucially, the book uses a comparative framework to explain Italy’s transformation and evaluate its performance. Comparing the rules, institutions, parties and actors at work in the most important European political systems – France, Germany, Great Britain – with those in Italy, the Italian context isbetterunderstoodandassessedincontrast. This text will be essential reading for students and scholars of Ital- ian politics and European politics, and more broadly for comparative politics and democracy. Gianfranco Pasquino is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy and Senior Adjunct Lecturer at SAIS- Europe. “Most unexpected, though not unpredictable, events have deeply changed Italian politicsinrecent years. Italy is notthe ‘mistero buffo’ no outsider can understand.Jettisoningstereotypesandresortingtoathoughtfulanalysisnur- tured by comparative knowledge, Gianfranco Pasquino offers to usall a for- midablelessoninpoliticalscience.” –GiulianoAmato,PrimeMinisterofItaly(1992–93;2000–01) “Gianfranco Pasquino, an authority on Italian politics and perceptive com- mentator, provides a sharp and thoughtful analysis of Italy’s political system andinstitutions,theirfoundationsandchangesoverthelastdecades.Anyone interestedinunderstandingItaliandemocracyanditsproblemswouldbewell advisedtoreadthisbook.” –IlariaFavretto,KingstonUniversity,UK “Italian politics may appear complicated – even byzantine – and not only to outsiders. Gianfranco Pasquino lifts the veil with the skill of a consummate expert. He provides an indispensable tool to explain and analyse, sometimes polemically, the intricacies of the Italian political system and does so with a healthydoseofcomparativeawareness.” –DonaldSassoon,QueenMary,UniversityofLondon,UK “The authoritative perspective on Italy’spolitical decline: an outstanding dis- tillationofalifetime’sstudyofItalianpolitics.” –DavidHine,ChristChurchCollegeOxford,UK Italian Democracy How It Works GIANFRANCO PASQUINO Firstpublished2020 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 52VanderbiltAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2020GianfrancoPasquino TherightofGianfrancoPasquinotobeidentifiedasauthorofthiswork hasbeenassertedbyhiminaccordancewithsections77and78ofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproduced orutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans, nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording, orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissionin writingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationand explanationwithoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Acatalogrecordhasbeenrequestedforthisbook ISBN:978-1-138-30185-6(hbk) ISBN:978-1-138-30186-3(pbk) ISBN:978-0-203-73217-5(ebk) TypesetinSabon bySwales&Willis,Exeter,Devon,UK Contents Listoffigures vi Listoftables viii Listofboxes x Listofacronymsandabbreviations xi Preface xiii 1 AclassicparliamentaryRepublic 1 2 One,two,manyelectorallaws 25 3 Politicalparties,partygovernmentandpartyocracy 47 4 AParliamentofparties 70 5 Governments 97 6 TheaccordionofthePresidents 129 7 Civilsociety 153 8 ItalyandtheEuropeanUnion 180 9 Thequalityofdemocracy 203 Index 230 Figures 2.1 TurnoutinItalyatnational,Europeanandregional elections,1948–2018(percentage) 30 2.2 Preferentialvotinginnational,Europeanandregional electionsinItaly,1948–2015(percentage) 31 4.1 ParliamentaryturnoverintheChamberofDeputies, 1948–2018(percentage) 78 4.2 TrustintheItalianParliament,2000–18(percentage) 80 4.3 SourcesofItalianbillsbysponsorandparliamentaryterm (percentage) 82 4.4 NumberofpartyswitchesintheChamberofDeputies,by parliamentaryterm 91 6.1 TrustinthePresidentoftheRepublic(percentage) 147 7.1 IndexofpatronageinfifteenEuropeandemocracies 159 7.2 PoliticalterrorisminItaly,1973–2016 162 7.3 EstimatedlevelofevadedtaxesinEUcountries (billioneuros) 164 7.4 Wealthoffamiliesasapercentageofgrossnationalproduct 165 7.5 DistributionofsocialcapitalintheItalianprovinces 167 7.6 Shifttowardspost-materialistvaluesamongthepublicsof nineWesternsocieties,1970and2000(percentagepoints) 169 7.7 TotalandnetunionmembershipinItaly,1960–2014 174 8.1 EvolutionofthepublicdebttoGDPinItaly,1861–2017 (percentage) 191 9.1 PoliticalstabilityandabsenceofviolenceineighteenWest Europeandemocracies,2017 208 9.2 ControlofcorruptionineighteenWestEuropean democracies,2017 210 9.3 TurnoutinItaliangeneralelectionsbyarea,1992–2018 (percentage) 213 Figures vii 9.4 VoiceandaccountabilityineighteenWestEuropean democracies,2017 216 9.5 HumanDevelopmentIndexineighteenWestEuropean democracies,2018 220 9.6 SatisfactionwiththeworkingofItaliandemocracy, 1973–2018(percentage) 221 Tables 1.1 AmendmentstotheItalianConstitutionsince1948 11 2.1 ElectoralsystemsusedinItalyatthenationallevel since1946 28 2.2 Percentageofmultiplecandidaciesinmulti-memberand single-memberdistricts,byparty 41 3.1 Electoralresultsofthe1994generalelection (ChamberofDeputies) 51 3.2 ComparisonbetweentheresultsofItaliangeneral elections(ChamberofDeputies)in2013and2018 53 3.3 Strengthofparties’organizationsandtheirleaders 54 4.1 Changesinthesocio-demographiccharacteristicsof ItalianDeputiesandthoserelatedtopoliticalexperience 73 4.2 NumberofcabinetsandPrimeMinistersinItaly,by parliamentaryterm 74 4.3 ProfessionaloriginofItalianDeputies,2006–18 (percentage) 76 4.4 Law-makinginItaly,bysponsorandrateofapproval 84 4.5 NumberoflawsapprovedinfiveEuropeancountries, 2009–15 84 4.6 Decreelaws,legislativedecreesandlawsinItaly, 1987–2018(numberandpercentage) 86 4.7 Lengthofthelaw-makingprocessintheItalian Parliament,byoriginofthebill(averagenumberofdays) 86 5.1 Governmentalcompositionandvolatility,1953–2018 100 5.2 PhasesofcoalitiongovernmentintheItalianRepublic, 1945–2018 104 Tables ix 5.3 Tenuresofthelongest-lastinggovernments 109 5.4 TenureofthePresidentsoftheCouncilofMinistersin Italy,1945–2017 110 5.5 DurationofItaliangovernmentsbycabinettype 111 5.6 TypeofgovernmentreplacementinItaly,1946–2018 118 5.7 Numericallypossiblegovernmentcoalitionsafterthe2018 elections 123 6.1 PresidentsoftheItalianRepublic,1948–2018 131 7.1 FrequencyofsocialactivitiesinItaly,2001–16 (percentage) 154 7.2 OrganizedcrimepresenceinItalybytypeandregion (percentage) 160 8.1 ItalianandEuropeanfeelingstowardstheEU,2017 (percentage) 187 8.2 RatingsfortheEU,ParliamentandtheCommission (selectedcountries) 188 8.3 TheEuropeanParliament:ItalianandEuropean evaluations,2017(percentage) 188 8.4 MostimportantEuropeanpolicies,2017(percentage) 189 8.5 Ismigrationaproblem?(percentage) 192 8.6 RatesofapprovalofthewayinwhichtheEUhasdealt withtheeconomyandrefugees(percentage) 193 8.7 TheEU:mostpositiveandmostnegativetraits 195 8.8 Feelingsofattachmenttothenation,thecityandtheEU (percentage) 197 8.9 WhatissharedbyEuropeans(percentage) 197 8.10 ValuessharedbyEuropeans(percentage) 197 8.11 FactorsstrengtheningtheEU(percentage) 198 8.12 DoEuropeancitizensbelievethattheyhaveaninfluencein theirrespectivecountriesandontheEuropean institutions?(percentage) 198 8.13 Satisfactionwithdemocracyandthequalityoflife (percentage) 199 9.1 Intentionalhomicidesandprisonpopulationsin Europeancountries,2016 207 9.2 FrequencyofpopularreferendumsinItaly,1946–2018 218 9.3 Citizens’evaluationsoftheirowncountry’ssituationand ofdemocracyintheEU,2017(percentage) 222 9.4 Political rights and civil liberties in the countries of the EU 223

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