Explaining Italy’s crisis

Ginsborg, Paul

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“…The centrality of these two elements to the crisis which began in 1992 serves to draw attention to the fact that this crisis was the result of a combination of long-term failures of the political system, and specific events of the late 1980s and early 1990s; of internal and external factors; of factors that were economic, political, social and cultural (Ginsborg 1996). But given that Italy had been thought to be in crisis so many times in the post-war period, the question naturally arises as to how this crisis differed from the previous crises, and why it opened up the possibility of a transition from one regime to another, possibly similar to the French transition which started in 1958 and was completed in 1962.…”

Section: Italy's 'Uniqueness'mentioning

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Introduction

Allum

Newell

2003

Journal of Modern Italian Studies

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Journal of Modern Italian Studies ISSN: 1354-571X (Print) 1469-9583 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rmis20To link to this article: http://dx. AbstractThe second Berlusconi government came to power at the end of a period of unprecedented change in Italian politics to which the term 'Italian transition' is frequently applied. While the new government's arrival has not brought the transition to an end, the manner of its election powerfully symbolizes the end of much of what was 'unique' about the Italian polity. Such uniqueness derived essentially from the tripolar nature of the country's party system and the 'blocked' character of its democracy. The crisis of the early 1990s gave rise to the onset of a regime transition whose phases can be described analytically by applying Flanagan's (1973) developmental framework and Linz's (1978) breakdown and re-equilibration model. Given the transition's 'stalling', the article considers what kind of and how much change has taken place in the Italian political system and the degree to which the second Berlusconi government might represent a new departure for it. The Introduction concludes by presenting the 'aspects of the Italian transition' discussed in the following five articles.

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Section: Italy's 'Uniqueness'mentioning

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Newell

2003

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“…Together with the crisis of the traditional party system that exploded between 1991 and 1993, Italy was at risk of outright financial bankruptcy in the summer of 1992 (Ginsborg, 1996). The model of the decentralized unitary state controlled by a broad centrist coalition reached the end of its long historical experience.…”

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Federalizing Italy: The Convergent Effects of Europeanization and Domestic Mobilization

Fabbrini¹,

Brunazzo²

2003

Regional & Federal Studies

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“…In particular, the notions of patronage and clientelism in Italy have received considerable attention (Banfield, 1958;Boissevain, 1966;Silverman, 1965Silverman, , 1975Silverman, , 1977Graziano, 1976;Zuckerman, 1977). Political scientists also identified how clientelism effectively became a way for the Christian Democratic party to effectively control Italy as a single-party state, or partitocrazia (partyocracy; Della Porta, 1995;Ginsborg, 1996Ginsborg, , 2003Tarrow, 1967;Weingrod, 1968). This was spectacularly exposed during the tangentopoli scandal of 1992 that revealed the neopatrimonial networks within Italian politics and led to the ultimate demise of the Prime Minister Bettino Craxi (Ginsborg, 2003).…”

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“Either Everyone Was Guilty or Everyone Was Innocent”¹: The Italian Power Elite, Neopatrimonialism, and the Importance of Social Relations

Doidge

2018

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Rarely does the Byzantine world of football administration get exposed as clearly as during the 2006 calciopoli scandal. This scandal laid bare the interpersonal relationships of football administrators at the top three Italian men's football clubs:Juventus; Inter and AC Milan. This article draws on the media leaks that revealed the inner workings of those working within football to argue that the football clubs are pyramids of power for club presidents that allows them to operate within the Italian power elite. This is done through interpersonal clientelistic networks that operate within a neopatrimonial system. Theoretically, this article draws on four main concepts: C. Wright Mills ' (1956) Within each pyramid, neopatrimonial networks operate to exercise power.Neopatrimonialism is the corruption of bureaucratic systems for personal gain (Eisenstadt 1973). These networks are constituted through social relations that are enacted through the quid pro quo exchange of favours. Mauss' (1967) understanding of gift exchange will be used to demonstrate how key individuals use patronage and gift exchange within this neopatrimonial network. Gifts symbolise not only future obligations, but power within social relationships. The importance of using these concepts is that it breaks away from the notion that deregulation and privatisation of ownership automatically improves competition to a wider range of actors. This article will show that inter-personal connections can be used to corrupt and undermine political and economic integrity.

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Explaining Italy’s crisis

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