Italy from Crisis to Crisis

Italy from Crisis to Crisis seeks to understand Italyâs approach to crises by studying the country in regional international and comparative context. Without assuming that the country is abnormal or unusually crisis-prone the authors treat Italy as an example from which other countries might learn. The book integrates the analysis of domestic politics and foreign policy including Italyâs approach to military interventions energy security economic relations with the European Union (EU) and to the NATO alliance and covers a number of issues that normally receive little attention in studies of high politics such as information policy national identity immigration youth unemployment and family relations. Finally it puts Italy in a comparative perspective â with other European states naturally â but also with Latin America and even the United States all countries that have experienced similar crises to Italyâs and similar â often populist â responses. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of and courses on Italian politics and history European politics and more broadly comparative politics and democracy. . Language: English