Institutions and the political system : a story of failure

Bull, MJ

Abstract

This chapter first outlines the institutional framework and the functioning of the Italian political system until the early 1990s; then, second, documents the rise of institutional reform from the early 1980s and especially its trajectory since the early 1990s, highlighting the long-term failure of the political parties to achieve comprehensive reform; and third, analyses the Italian political
system today and how, despite the absence of root-and-branch institutional reform, it differs in its operation from the so-called ‘First Republic’ as a result of the impact of a mixture of institutional and non-institutional changes.

• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 1, 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 103-114
• Book Title: Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Italy: History, Politics and Society
• ISBN: 9780415604178
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315709970
• Keywords: Italy; Institutions; Political System; Institutional Reform; Politics
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Contemporary-Italy-History-politics-society/Mammone-Parini-Veltri/p/book/9780415604178