ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Arnaldo Bagnasco is full professor in the Faculty of Letters and Phi- losophy at the University of Turin, where he teaches sociology.

Giuseppe Berta is associate professor at the Bocconi University in , where he teaches contemporary history.

Mark Donovan is senior lecturer in European Politics in the School of European Studies at the University of Cardiff.

Mark Gilbert is associate professor in the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Trento, where he teaches contemporary history.

Carlo Guarnieri is full professor in the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of , where he teaches Italian politics.

David Hine is official fellow at Christ Church College, University of Oxford.

Jonathan Hopkin is lecturer in the Department of Government at the School of Economics, where he teaches comparative politics.

Guido Legnante is researcher in the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Pavia, where he teaches political sociology, citizens, elections, parties, and the sociology of territorial political systems.

David Natali is senior researcher at the Observatoire Social Européen in Brussels. 314 Editors and Contributors

James L. Newell is reader in politics in the School of English, Sociol- ogy, Politics, and Contemporary History at the University of Salford.

Marco Onado is a member of staff at the Bocconi University in Milan, where he teaches the economics of financial intermediaries.

Patrizia Pederzoli is full professor in the Roberto Ruffilli Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bologna (Forlì branch), where she teaches comparative judicial systems.

Martin Rhodes is professor at the European University Institute in Fiesole, where he teaches European public policy.

Salvatore Vassallo is full professor in the Roberto Ruffilli Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bologna (Forlì branch), where he teaches political science and comparative politics. PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF ITALIAN POLITICS

1998, Volume 14, The Return of Politics, David Hine and Salvatore Vassallo (eds.), Oxford and New York, Berghahn Books, 2000. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1998. – 1. David Hine and Salvatore Vassallo, Introduction: One Step Towards Europe; Two Steps Back from Institu- tional Reform. – 2. Oreste Massari and Simon Parker, The Two Lefts: between Rupture and Recomposition. – 3. Marco Tarchi and Emanuela Poli, The Parties of the Polo: United to What End? – 4. Renato Mannheimer and Giacomo Sani, Reassembling the Centre and the Electoral Spectrum. – 5. Gianfranco Pasquino, A Postmortem of the Bicamerale. – 6. Sergio Fabbrini, From the Prodi Gov- ernment to the D’Alema Government: Continuity or Discontinuity? – 7. Mark Gilbert, The Bassanini Laws: A Half-Way House in Local Government Reform. – 8. David Felsen, Changes to the Italian Budgetary Regime: The Reforms of Law n. 94/1997. – 9. David Hine, Drafting the 1998 Legislation on Immi- gration: A Test of Government Cohesion. – 10. Giacomo Vaciago, Finance Between Market and Politics. – 11. David Hine, Malpensa 2000. – Documen- tary appendix compiled by Marzia Zannini.

1999, Volume 15, The Faltering Transition, Mark Gilbert and Gianfranco Pasquino (eds.), Oxford and New York, Berghahn Books, 2000. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1999. – 1. Mark Gilbert and Gianfranco Pasquino, Introduction: The Faltering Transition. – 2. Osvaldo Croci, Forced Ally? Italy and ‘Operation Allied Force’. – 3. Mark Donovan, The End of Italy’s Referendum Anomaly? – 4. Gianfranco Baldini e Guido Legnante, The Municipal Elections of 1999 and the ‘Defeat’ of the Left in Bologna. – 5. Philip Daniels, The 1999 Elections to the European Parliament. – 6. Gianfranco Pas- quino, The Election of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi to the Presidency of the Republic. – 7. Jean-Louis Briquet, History in the Courts: Andreotti’s Two Acquittals. – 8. Véronique Pujas, The Funding of Political Parties and Control of the Media: Another Italian Anomaly. – 9. Dwayne Woods, Transformations in Italian Capitalism: an Analysis of Olivetti’s Takeover of Telecom Italia. – 10. 316 Previous Editions of Italian Politics

Michael Contarino, Italy’s December 1998 ‘Social Pact for Development and Employment’: Towards a New Political Economy for a ‘Normal Country’? – 11. Vincent Della Sala The New South in the New Europe: the Case of Sviluppo Italia. – Documentary appendix compiled by Davide Martelli.

2000, Volume 16, Emerging Themes and Institutional Responses, Mario Caciagli and Alan S. Zuckerman (eds.), Oxford and New York, Berghahn Books, 2001. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 2000. – 1. Mario Caciagli and Alan S. Zuckerman, Introduction: The Year before the Elections. – 2. Gianfranco Pas- quino, Premiership and Leadership from D’Alema to Amato and Beyond. – 3. Paolo Bellucci, Marco Maraffi and Paolo Segatti, The Congress of the Demo- crats of the Left. – 4. Carlo Bacetti, The Center of the Center-Left Coalition. – 5. Gianfranco Baldini and Salvatore Vassallo, The Regions in Search of a New Institutional Identity. – 6. Jeffrey Anderson, Italian Politics: the European Commission under Romano Prodi. – 7. Felia Allum and Marco Cilento, Antonio Bassolino: From Mayor of to President of Campania. – 8. Franca Maino, The Restructuring of the National Health Service: The Bindi Reform and Fiscal Federalism. – 9. Gianfranco Brunelli, The Great Jubilee of Pope Wojtyla. – 10. Rodolfo Lewanski, Road Safety: An Emerging Public Policy. – 11. Harlan Koff, Immigration or Integration? Examining Political Events in the Year 2000. – 12. Vincent Della Sala, A New Confindustia for a New Model of Italian Capitalism. – Documentary appendix compiled by Davide Martelli.

2001, Volume 17, The Return of Berlusconi, Paolo Bellucci and Martin Bull (eds.), Oxford and New York, Berghahn Books, 2002.

Chronology of Italian Political Events, 2001. – Paolo Bellucci and Martin Bull, Introduction: The Return of Berlusconi. – 1. Ilvo Diamanti and Marc Lazar, The National Elections of 13 May 2001: Chronicle of a Victory Foretold—Albeit a Little Too Soon. – 2. Carlo Marletti, The Election Campaign: Political Actors, the Media and Voters. – 3. Paolo Bellucci and Martin Bull, After the ‘Honour- able Defeat’: The DS, Margherita and Ulivo. – 4. Donatella della Porta and Herbert Reiter, ‘You’re the G8, We’re Six Billion’: The Genoa Demonstrations. – 5. Luca Verzichelli, Parliamentary Groups from the 13th to 14th Legislatures: Towards Majoritarian Stability? – 6. Maurizio Cotta, Berlusconi’s Second Gov- ernmental Test. – 7. Nicholas Bayne, The Italian Presidency of the G8 Sum- mit. – 8. Anna Cento Bull, Towards a Federal State? Competing Proposals for Constitutional Revision. – 9. Giliberto Capano, A Manager in Education. – 10. Nicoletta Bevilacqua, ‘E-Government’: Government Online. – 11. Renata Lizzi, The ‘Mad Cow’ Emergency: Italian Agricultural Policy in the New CAP. 12. David Hine, Silvio Berlusconi, the Media and the Conflict of Interest Issue. – Documentary appendix compiled by Susy Monica Lelli.

2002, Volume 18, The Second Berlusconi Government, Jean Blondel and Paolo Segatti (eds.), Oxford and New York, Berghahn Books, 2003. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 2002. – Jean Blondel and Paolo Segatti, Introduction: The Second Berlusconi Government. – 1. Maurizio Cotta and Previous Editions of Italian Politics 317

Luca Verzichelli, The Second Berlusconi Government Put to the Test: A Year of Complications. – 2. Gianfranco Baldini and Guido Legnante, Municipal Elections: Real Change or Simply Alternation? – 3. James L. Newell, The Opposition Role of the Center-Left Party. – 4. Gianfranco Pasquino, The Ciampi Presidency. – 5. David Nelken, Legitimate Suspicions? Berlusconi and the Judges. – 6. Paolo Onofri, The Berlusconi Government’s Economic Policy during the First Year of Office. – 7. Giliberto Capano and Marco Giuliani, The Italian Parliament twixt the Logic of Government and the Logic of Institutions (Much Ado about Something—but What Exactly?). – 8. Asher Colombo and Giuseppe Sciortino, The Bossi-Fini Law: Explicit Fanaticism, Implicit Mod- eration, and Poisoned Fruits. – 9. Renzo Costi, Bank Foundations: An Attack Fought Off? – 10. Aris Accornero and Eliana Como, The (Failed) Reform of Article 18. – 11. Filippo Andreatta and Elisabetta Brighi, The Berlusconi Government’s Foreign Policy: The First 18 Months. – 12. Giuseppe Berta, Fiat: An Italian Crisis. – Documentary appendix compiled by Susy Monica Lelli.

2003, Volume 19, Italy between Europeanization and Domestic Politics, Sergio Fabbrini and Vincent Della Sala (eds.), Oxford and New York, Berghahn Books, 2004. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 2003. – Sergio Fabbrini and Vincent Della Sala, Introduction: Italy between Europeanization and Domestic Politics. – 1. Michele Salvati, The Ulivo: Death or Transfiguration? – 2. Guido Legnante, The 2003 Local Elections: First Local and Then National Defeats for the Casa delle Libertà – 3. Mark Donovan, The Governance of the Center-Right Coali- tion. – 4. Osvaldo Croci, The End of Bipartisan Consensus? Italian Foreign Policy and the War in Iraq. – 5. Francesc Morata, The Italian Presidency of the European Union: An “Abnormal” Semester? – 6. Massimiano Bucchi and Federico Neresini, Science against Politics or the Politicization of Science? Research Agencies and the Debate over Research. – 7. Matthew Hibberd, RAI under the Center-Right: Wither 50 Years of Public Service Television? – 8. Lucio Baccaro and Marco Simoni, The Referendum on Article 18 and Labor Market Flexibility. – 9. Gaspare Nevola, The Gianni Agnelli Funeral: A National Identification Rite. – 10. Donatella della Porta and Mario Diani, “No to the war with no ifs or buts”: Protests against the War in Iraq. – 11. Nicola Porro and Pippo Russo, Italian Football between Conflict and State Aid. – Documentary appendix compiled by Susy Monica Lelli.