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A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy (2009)
Book Chapter
Bull, M., & Pasquino, G. (2009). A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy. In M. Bull, & M. Rhodes (Eds.), Italy - A contested polity (14-35). Abingdon & New York: Routledge

Of all the issues that have been regarded as necessary to stabilising Italian politics following the dramatic upheaval of the 1990s, none has been more important than constitutional and institutional reforms. Yet, there has been an unqualified failur... Read More about A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy.

Italy - A contested polity (2009)
Book
(2009). M. Bull, & M. Rhodes (Eds.), Italy - A contested polity. Abingdon & New York: Routledge

Despite the promise of the so-called 'Second Republic' in the early 1990s, Italy remains one of Europe's least well-governed countries. Optimistic expectations were generated in the early 1990s by an apparently new generation of reformers. However, t... Read More about Italy - A contested polity.