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Politics of National Identity in Italy This book focuses on the politics of national identity in Italy. Only a unified country for just over 150 years, Italian national identity is perhaps more contingent than longer-established nations such as France or the UK. The book investigates when, how and why the discussions about national identity and about immigration became entwined in public discourse within Italy. In particular it looks at the most influential voices in the debate on immigration and identity, namely Italian intellectuals, the Catholic Church, the Northern League and the Left. The methodological approach is based onasystematicdiscourseanalysisofofficialdocuments,interviews,statements andspeechesbyrepresentativesofthepoliticalactorsinvolved.Intheprocess,the author demonstrates that a ‘normalisation’ of intolerance towards foreigners has become institutionalised at the heart of the Italian state. This work will be of particular interest to students of Italian politics, nationalism and comparative politics. Eva Garau is a Research Fellow in Contemporary History at the University of Cagliari, Italy. Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy Series Editors: Roger Eatwell, University of Bath, and Matthew Goodwin, University of Nottingham Founding Series Editors: Roger Eatwell, University of Bath, and Cas Mudde, University of Antwerp-UFSIA This new series encompasses academic studies within the broad fields of ‘extremism’ and ‘democracy’. These topics have traditionally been considered largely in isolation by academics. A key focus of the series, therefore, is the (inter-)relation between extremism and democracy. Works will seek to answer questions such as to what extent ‘extremist’ groups pose a major threat to democratic parties, or how democracy can respond to extremism without undermining its own democratic credentials. The books encompass two strands: Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy includes books with an introductoryandbroadfocuswhichareaimedatstudentsandteachers.These books will be available in hardback and paperback. Titles include: Understanding Terrorism in America Political Parties and Terrorist From the Klan to al Qaeda Groups (2nd edition) Christopher Hewitt Leonard Weinberg, Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger Fascism and the Extreme Right Roger Eatwell The New Extremism in 21st Century Britain Racist Extremism in Central and Edited by Roger Eatwell and Eastern Europe Matthew Goodwin Edited by Cas Mudde New British Fascism Rise of the British National Party Matthew Goodwin Routledge Research in Extremism and Democracy offers a forum for innova- tive new research intended for a more specialist readership. These books will be in hardbackonly. Titles include: 1. Uncivil Society? 9. Ecological Politics and Contentious politics in Democratic Theory post-communist Europe Mathew Humphrey Edited by Petr Kopecky and Cas Mudde 10. Reinventing the Italian Right Territorial politics, populism and 2. Political Parties and ‘post-fascism’ Terrorist Groups Carlo Ruzza and Stefano Fella Leonard Weinberg and Ami Pedahzur 11. Political Extremes An investigation into the history of 3. Western Democracies and the terms and concepts from antiquity New Extreme Right Challenge to the present Edited by Roger Eatwell and Uwe Backes Cas Mudde 12. The Populist Radical Right 4. Confronting Right Wing in Poland Extremism and Terrorism The patriots in the USA Rafal Pankowski George Michael 13. Social and Political Thought of 5. Anti-political Establishment Julius Evola Parties Paul Furlong A comparative analysis Amir Abedi 14. Radical Left Parties in Europe Luke March 6. American Extremism History, politics and the militia 15. Counterterrorism in Turkey D.J. 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Politics of Eugenics Eva Garau Productionism, population and national welfare Alberto Spektorowski Politics of National Identity in Italy ‘ ’ Immigration and Italianità Eva Garau Routledge RRoouuttleleddggee RoutledgReoutledge Firstpublished2015 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN andbyRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2015EvaGarau TherightofEvaGarautobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeen assertedbyherinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentAct 1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedor utilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,now knownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orin anyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwriting fromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanation withoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Garau,Eva. PoliticsofnationalidentityinItaly:immigrationand'Italianità'/Eva Garau. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1.Nationalism–Italy.2.Nationalcharacteristics,Italian.3.Italy–Politics andgovernment–20thcentury.4.Italy–Politicsandgovernment–21st century.I.Title. DG451.G362015 320.540945–dc23 2014028111 ISBN:978-0-415-62779-5(hbk) ISBN:978-1-315-73333-3(ebk) TypesetinTimesNewRoman byTaylor&FrancisBooks To Giovanni, Marisella and Laura This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface x Acknowledgements xiii Politics of national identity in Italy: introduction 1 1 Italian intellectuals and the ‘death of the homeland’: antagonistic identities in Italy since 1945 18 2 The Catholic Church and the debate on identity and immigration 53 3 The Northern League and the debate on identity and immigration 102 4 The Italian legislation on immigration 145 5 Recent debates on identity and otherness: everything needs to change, so that everything stays the same? 181 6 Conclusion 207 Bibliography 215 Index 240
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