ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Lucio Baccaro is a researcher at the International Institute for Labor Studies (ILO) in Geneva.

Massimiano Bucchi is a researcher in the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Trento, where he teaches the sociology of science.

Osvaldo Croci is Associate Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at Memorial University of New- foundland in Canada.

Donatella della Porta is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute in Fiesole.

Vincent Della Sala is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Trento.

Mario Diani is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Trento, and he is Visiting Research Professor at Strathclyde University in Glasgow.

Mark Donovan is Senior Lecturer in European Politics in the School of European Studies at the University of Cardiff, and he is editor of the journal Modern .

Sergio Fabbrini is Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Soci- ology at the University of Trento, and he is editor of the journal Riv- ista Italiana di Scienza Politica. Editors and Contributors 269

Matthew Hibberd is Director of the Online Masters in Public Rela- tions and Vice-Director of the Department of Cinema and Media Stud- ies at the University of Stirling in Scotland.

Guido Legnante conducts research and teaches sociology at the Uni- versity of Pavia.

Francesc Morata is Professor of Political Science at the Free Univer- sity of Barcelona, where he teaches policy and multi-level governance in the European Union.

Federico Neresini is Associate Professor of Methodology of Social Research and the Sociology of Science in the Faculty of Political Sci- ence at the University of Padova.

Gaspare Nevola is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Trento.

Nicola Porro is Associate Professor of Sociology and Methodology of Social Research in the Faculty of Kinetic Sciences at the University of Cassino.

Pippo Russo is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Flo- rence, where he also teaches the sociology of local communities and social policy.

Michele Salvati is Professor of Political Economy in the Faculty of Political Science at the State University of Milan.

Marco Simoni is currently a doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics. PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF ITALIAN POLITICS

1985, Volume 1, Raffaella Y. Nanetti and Robert Leonardi (eds.), London and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1986. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1985. – 1. Sidney Tarrow, Introduction. – 2. Piergiorgio Corbetta and Arturo Parisi, 1985 Local Government Elections. – 3. Peter Lange, The End of an Era: The Wage Indexation Referendum of 1985. – 4. Stephen Hellman, The Italian Communist Party between Berlinguer and the Seventeenth Congress. – 5. Judith Chubb, The Christian : Reviving or Surviving? – 6. Raimondo Catanzaro, The Mafia. – 7. David Hine, The Craxi Premiership. – 8. Gianfranco Pasquino, The Debate on Institutional Reform. – 9. Silvio Ferrari, The New Concordat between Church and State. – 10. Frank J. Piason, Italian Foreign Policy: The Achille Lauro Affair. – 11. Renato Manheimer and Giacomo Sani, Electoral Trends and Political Subcultures.

1986, Volume 2, Raffaella Y. Nanetti, Robert Leonardi and Piergiorgio Cor- betta (eds.), London and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1988. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1986. – 1. Raffaella Y. Nanetti, Robert Leonardi and Piergiorgio Corbetta, Introduction – 2. Vincent Della Sala, Gov- ernment by Decree: The Craxi Government and the Use of Decree Legislation in the Italian Parliament. – 3. Sandro Magister, Catholic Action and Internal Conflicts in the Catholic Church. – 4. Joan Barth Urban, The PCI’s 17th Con- gress: A Triumph of the ‘New Internationalism’. – 5. Douglas A. Wertman, DC Congress: The End of Factions? – 6. Paolo Ceri, The Nuclear Power Issue: A New Political Cleavage within Italian Society? – 7. Michelle B. Miller, Finan- cial Markets in 1986: The Paradox of Liberalization. – 8. Patrizio Bianchi, Pri- vatization of Industry: The Alfa Romeo Case. – 9. Albert Z. Guttenberg, The Condono Edilizio Debate. – 10. Lawrence Gray and Paolo Miggiano, The Lampedusa Incident and Italian Defense Policy. – 11. Pietro Barrera, Military Service and Military Reform. – 12. Carlo Marletti, Parties and Mass Commu- nication: The RAI Controversy, Previous Editions of Italian Politics 271

1987, Volume 3, Robert Leonardi and Piergiorgio Corbetta (eds.), London and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1989. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1987. – 1. Robert Leonardi and Pier- giorgio Corbetta, Introduction – 2. Enzo Balboni, Who Governs? The Crisis of the Craxi Government and the Role of the President of the Republic. – 3. Giuseppe Di Federico, The Crisis of the Justice System and the Referendum on the Judiciary. – 4. Lorenzo Bordogna, The Cobas: Fragmentation of Trade Union Representation and Conflict. – 5. Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo and Leonardo Musumeci, The New Immigration in Italy. – 6. John L. Harper, The Venice Summit. – 7. Genevière Bibes and Jean Besson, The Resurgence of Christian Democracy and the Search for New ‘Rules of the Game’. – 8. Mar- tin Rhodes, Craxi and the Lay-Socialist Area: Third Force or Three Forces? – 9. Donald Sassoon, The 1987 Elections and the PCI. – 10. Michael M. Harri- son, The Italian Navy in the Gulf. – 11. Pier Vincenzo Uleri, The 1987 Refer- endum. – 12. Luigi Accatoli, The Popular Movement: The Strengths and Limits of Political Messianism.

1988, Volume 4, Raffaella Y. Nanetti and Raimondo Catanzaro (eds.), Lon- don and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1990. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1988. – 1. Raffaella Y. Nanetti and Rai- mondo Catanzaro, The 1988 Events in Perspective: the Apex of the Conserv- ative Trend. – 2. Pietro Barrera, The First Institutional Reform: New Discipline in Government Activity. – 3. Filippo Cavazzuti, Public Finance and Public Administration: Characteristics and Limitations of the New Finance Bill. – 4. Patrizio Bianchi, The Political Limits of European Economic Integration. – 5. Angelo Pichierri, Crisis and Restructuring in the Steel Industry. – 6. Anthony C. Masi, The Bagnoli Steel Complex: Too Little Too Late or Too Much Too Soon? – 7. Luca Lanzalaco, Pininfarina, President of the Confederation of Industry, and the Problems of Business Interest Associations. – 8. Giovanni Tassani, The Italian Social Movement: from Almirante to Fini. – 9. Grant G. Amyot, The PCI and Occhetto’s New Course: the Italian Road to Reform. – 10. Tamar Pitch, Rape Reform in Italy: the Endless Story. – 11. Filippo Sabetti, The Mafia and the Antimafia: Moments in the Struggle for Justice and Self-Gov- ernance in Sicily. – 12. Eugene D. Price, Jr., The Decision to Provide a Base for Us F-16s and Italy’s Role in Nato.

1989, Volume 5, Filippo Sabetti and Raimondo Catanzaro (eds.), London and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1991. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1989. – 1. Filippo Sabetti and Raimondo Catanzaro, The 1989 Events in Perspective: the End of an Era or the Past as the Future? – 2. Mario Caciagli, The 18th DC Congress: From De Mita to For- lani and the Victory of ‘Neodoroteism’. – 3. Martin J. Bull, The Unremarkable Death of the Italian Communist Party. – 4. Gianfranco Pasquino, The De Mita Government Crisis and the Powers of the President of the Republic: Which Form of Government? – 5. Gherardo Colombo, The New Code of Criminal Pro- cedure. – 6. David Moss, Combating Drug Use in the Aids Decade: The 1989 Campaign in Context. – 7. David Alexander, Pollution, Policies and Politics: 272 Previous Editions of Italian Politics

The Italian Environment. – 8. Pier Paolo Giglioli and Giampiero Mazzoleni, Concentration Trends in the Media. – 9. Joan Barth Urban, Gorbachev’s State Visit to Italy and the Vatican. – 10. Luciano Bardi, The Third Elections to the European Parliament: A Vote for Italy or a Vote for Europe?

1990, Volume 6, Robert Leonardi and Fausto Anderlini (eds.), London and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1992. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1990. – 1. Robert Leonardi and Fausto Anderlini, Introduction. – 2. Gianfranco Pasquino, The Electoral Reform Ref- erendums. – 3. Luciano Vandelli, The New Local Government Law. – 4. Carlo Cardia, The Financing of Church Activities in Italy. – 5. David Hine, Italy and Europe: The Italian Presidency and the Domestic Management of European Community Affairs. – 6. David I. Kertzer, The 19th Congress of the PCI: The Role of Symbolism in the Communist Crisis. – 7. Frank Belloni, The Italian Communist Party: Towards Dissolution and the Unknown. – 8. Dwayne Woods, Regional ‘Leagues’ in Italy: The Emergence of Regional Identification and Representation Outside of the Traditional Parties. – 9. Alfio Mastropaolo, Machine Politics and Mass Mobilization in Palermo: Epitaph for a Failed Revolt. – 10. Paolo Segatti, The 1990 Student Protest. – 11. Pierre Lanfranchi, Italy and the World Cup. – Documentary Appendix Compiled by Sara Romano.

1991, Volume 7, Gianfranco Pasquino and Stephen Hellman (eds.), London and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1992. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1991. – 1. Gianfranco Pasquino and Stephen Hellman, Introduction – 2. Patrick McCarthy, The Referendum of 9 June. – 3. Franco Ferraresi, A Secret Structure Codenamed Gladio. – 4. Enzo Balboni, The President of the Republic, Judges, and Superior Council of the Judiciary: Chronicle of a Bitter Constitutional Battle. – 5. Stephen Hellman, The Difficult Birth of the Democratic Party of the Left. – 6. Carol A. Mershon, The Crisis of the CGIL: Open Division in the 12th National Congress. – 7. Ada Becchi, The Difficult Reconstruction in Irpinia. – 8. Filippo Sabetti, Whose Law? Whose Order? Of Crime and Punishment in Modern Times. – 9. Filippo Cavazzuti, Privatization: False Starts and Frustrated Takeoffs. – 10. Mark Donovan, Catholic ‘Pacifism’ and the Gulf War: Pluralism, Cohesion and Pol- itics. – 11. John Zucchi, The Papal Encyclical Centesimus Annus. – 12. Dwayne Woods, The Immigration Question in Italy. – Documentary Appen- dix Compiled by Sara Romano.

1992, Volume 8, Gianfranco Pasquino and Stephen Hellman (eds.), London and New York, Pinter Publishers, 1993. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1992. – 1. Gianfranco Pasquino and Stephen Hellman, Introduction. – 2. Jean Besson and Geneviève Bibes, The General Elections of April 1992. – 3. Vincent Della Sala, The Cossiga Legacy and Scalfaro’s Election: in the Shadow of Presidentialism? – 4. Robert Leonardi and Monique Kovacs, The Lega Nord: the Rise of a New Italian Catch-All Party. – 5. Martin Rhodes, The ‘Long Wave’ Subsides: the PSI and the Demise of ‘Craxismo’. – 6. Marco Follini, Christian Democracy: Extreme Remedies for Previous Editions of Italian Politics 273

Extreme Problems? – 7. Donatella della Porta, Milan: Immoral Capital. – 8. Gianluca Salvatori, Ustica: The Unending Investigation. – 9. Raimondo Catan- zaro, A Watershed Year for Both the Mafia and the State. – 10. Liborio Mat- tina, Abete’s Confindustria: From Alliance with the DC to Multiparty Appeal. – 11. John W. Holmes, Italian Foreign Policy in a Changing Europe. – 12. Philip Daniels, Italy and the Maastricht Treaty. – Documentary Appendix Compiled by Sara Romano.

1993, Volume 9, Ending the First Republic, Carol Mershon and Gianfranco Pasquino (eds.), Boulder, Westview Press, 1995. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1993. – 1. Carol Mershon and Gian- franco Pasquino, Introduction. – 2. Gianfranco Pasquino and Salvatore Vas- sallo, The Government of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. – 3. Piergiorgio Corbetta and Arturo M.L. Parisi, The Referendum on the Electoral Law for the Senate: Another Momentous April. – 4. Richard S. Katz, The 1993 Parliamentary Elec- toral Reform. – 5. Martin Rhodes, Reinventing the Left: the Origins of Italy’s Progressive Alliance. – 6. Douglas Wertman, The Last Year of the Christian Democratic Party. – 7. Giampietro Mazzoleni, The RAI: Restructuring and Reform. – 8. Donatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci, Politics, the Mafia, and the Market for Corrupt Exchange. – 9. Richard Locke, Eppure Si Tocca: The Abolition of the Scala Mobile. – 10. Osvaldo Croci, The Italian Interven- tion in Somalia: A New Italian Foreign Policy After the Cold War? – Docu- mentary appendix compiled by Rosalba Salvato.

1994, Volume 10, The Year of the Tycoon, Richard S. Katz and Piero Ignazi (eds.), Boulder, Westview Press, 1996. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1994. – 1. Richard S. Katz and Piero Ignazi, Introduction. – 2. Patrick McCarthy, Forza Italia: The Overwhelming Success and the Consequent Problems of a Virtual Party. – 3. Antonio Carioti, From the Ghetto to Palazzo Chigi: The Ascent of the National Alliance. – 4. Martin J. Bull, The Failure of the Progressive Alliance. – 5. Jack Brand and Thomas Mackie, The 1994 Elections. – 6. Luca Verzichelli, The New Members of Parliament. – 7. Andrea Manzella, The First Majoritarian Parliament. – 8. Valerio Onida, Mani Pulite, Year III. – 9. Pernilla M. Neal, The New Foreign Pol- icy. – 10. Filippo Cavazzuti, The Uncertain Path of Privatization. – 11. Edmondo Berselli, Politics and Karaoke. – 12. Stephen Gundle, RAI and Fininvest in the Year of Berlusconi. – Documentary appendix compiled by Marzia Zannini.

1995, Volume 11, The Stalled Transition, Mario Caciagli and David I. Kertzer (eds.), Boulder, Westview Press, 1996. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1995. – 1. Mario Caciagli and David I. Kertzer, Introduction: The Stalled Transition? – 2. Aldo Di Virgilio, The Regional and Administrative Elections: Bipolarization with Reserve. – 3. Pier Vincenzo Uleri and Roberto Fideli, Referenda Don’t Fall from the Sky: The June Initia- tives. – 4. Mark Gilbert, The Oak Tree and . – 5. Marco Maraffi, Forza Italia: From Government to Opposition. – 6. Gianfranco Pasquino, The Government of Lamberto Dini. – 7. Onorato Castellino, Pension Reform: Per- 274 Previous Editions of Italian Politics

haps Not the Last Round. – 8. Pier Virgilio Dastoli, The Stone Guest: Italy on the Threshold of European Monetary Union. – 9. David Nelken, Stopping the Judges. – 10. Michael Braun, The Confederated Trade Unions and the Dini Government: ‘The Grand Return of Neo-corporatism’?. – 11. Sandro Magister, The Church and the End of the Catholic Party. – Documentary appendix com- piled by Marzia Zannini.

1996, Volume 12, The Center-Left in Power, Roberto D’Alimonte and David Nelken (eds.), Boulder, Westview Press, 1997. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1996. – 1. Roberto D’Alimonte and David Nelken, Introduction: A Year of Difficult Dialogue. – 2. Alessandro Chiaramonte, The General Elections of 21 April 1996. – 3. Patrick McCarthy, Forza Italia: Old Problems Linger On. – 4. Ilvo Diamanti, The Lega Nord: From Federalism to Secession. – 5. Stephen Hellmann, The Italian Left After the 1996 Elections. – 6. Orazio Lanza and Riccardo Motta, Majoritarian and Proportional Electoral Systems: The Sicilian Case. – 7. Simon Parker, The Gov- ernment of the Ulivo. – 8. Luca Verzichelli, The Majoritarian System, Act II: Parliament and Parliamentarians in 1996. – 9. David Hine and Emanuela Poli, The Scalfaro Presidency in 1996: The Difficult Return to Normality. – 10. Nicola Porro, Politics and Consumption: The Four Revolutions of Spectator Football. – 11. Paolo Bellucci, Italian Intervention in Bosnia and the (Slow) Redefinition of Defense Policy. – 12. Percy Allum, Statesman or Godfather? The Andreotti Trials. – 13. Philip Daniels, The Italian Presidency of the Euro- pean Union. – Documentary appendix compiled by Marzia Zannini.

1997, Volume 13, Mapping the Future, Luciano Bardi and Martin Rhodes (eds.), Boulder, Westview Press, 1998. Chronology of Italian Political Events, 1997. – 1. Luciano Bardi and Martin Rhodes, Introduction: Mapping the Future. – 2. Gianfranco Baldini and Guido Legnante, From Party Mayors to a Mayors’ Party. – 3. Paolo Legrenzi, The October Crisis of the Prodi Government. – 4. Rinaldo Vignati, The Leader and the Party: The PDS after Its Second Party Congress. – 5. James I. Walsh, The Uncertain Path to Monetary Union. – 6. Salvatore Vassallo, The Third Bicam- erale. – 7. Mary L. Volcansek, Justice as Spettacolo: The Magistrature in 1997. – 8. James Newell, At the Start of a Journey: Steps on the Road to Decentral- ization. – 9. Mark Donovan, The 1997 Referendums: Failure Due to Abuse? – 10. Marco Mira d’Ercole and Flavia Terribile, Pension Spending: Developments in 1996 and 1997. – 11. Giuseppe Sciortino, The Albanian Crisis: Social Panic and Italian Foreign Policy. – 12. Giancarlo Gasperoni, The Uncertain Renewal of Italian Education. – Documentary appendix compiled by Marzia Zannini.

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 Vas- sallo, 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 Previous Editions of Italian Politics 275 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 Immigra- tion: 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 Munic- ipal Elections of 1999 and the ‘Defeat’ of the Left in Bologna. – 5. Philip Daniels, The 1999 Elections to the European Parliament. – 6. Gianfranco Pasquino, 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. 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 Pasquino, Premiership and Leadership from D’Alema to Amato and Beyond. – 3. Paolo Bellucci, Marco Maraffi and Paolo Segatti, The Congress of the Democ- rats 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 Com- mission under . – 7. Felia Allum and Marco Cilento, Antonio Bassolini: From Mayor of Naples to President of . – 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. 276 Previous Editions of Italian Politics

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 ‘Honourable Defeat’: The DS, Margherita and Ulivo. – 4. Donatella della Porta and Herbert Reiter, ‘You’re the G8, We’re Six Billion’: The Genoa Demonstra- tions. – 5. Luca Verzichelli, Parliamentary Groups from the 13th to 14th Leg- islatures: Towards Majoritarian Stability? – 6. Maurizio Cotta, Berlusconi’s Second Governmental Test. – 7. Nicholas Bayne, The Italian Presidency of the G8 Summit. – 8. Anna Cento Bull, Towards a Federal State? Competing Pro- posals for Constitutional Revision. – 9. Giliberto Capano, A Manager in Edu- cation. – 10. Nicoletta Bevilacqua, ‘E-Government’: Government Online. – 11. Renata Lizzi, The ‘Mad Cow’ Emergency: Italian Agricultural Policy in the New CAP. 12. David Hine, , 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 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 Moder- ation, 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 Gov- ernment’s Foreign Policy: The First 18 Months. – 12. Giuseppe Berta, Fiat: An Italian Crisis. – Documentary appendix compiled by Susy Monica Lelli.