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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818308203321

Autore

Newell James

Titolo

Silvio Berlusconi : a study in failure / / James L. Newell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-3394-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Disciplina

945.0929

Soggetti

Politicians - Italy

Politics

Biography: Historical, Political & Military

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political

Biografie

Electronic books.

Italy Politics and government 1994-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: a remarkable politician? -- Part I: Emergence -- 1. From childhood, through business career to political debut, 1936-93 -- 2. Berlusconi's political message -- Part II: Berlusconi the politician -- 3. Forza Italia and national politics, 1994-2001 -- 4. Berlusconi the party leader -- Part III: Berlusconi the Prime Minister -- 5. Berlusconi in office, 2001-11 -- 6. Berlusconi's relations with the political class -- Part IV: Berlusconi's legacy -- 7. Berlusconi and cultural change in Italy -- 8. Berlusconi's electoral impact -- 9. Berlusconi as head of government -- 10.  Berlusconi's legacy for the quality of Italian democracy -- Conclusion: the Berlusconi story and Donald Trump -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about one of the most remarkable European politicians of recent decades, Silvio Berlusconi, and about his contribution to the dramatic changes that have overtaken Italian politics since the early 1990s. From the vantage point of 2017, would Italian political history of the past twenty-five years look substantially different had Berlusconi



not had the high-profile role in it that he did? Asking the question makes it possible to contribute to a broader debate of recent years concerning the significance of leaders in post-Cold War democratic politics. Having considered Berlusconi's legacy in the areas of political culture, voting and party politics, public policy and the quality of Italian democracy, the book concludes by considering the international significance of the Berlusconi phenomenon in relation to the recent election of Donald Trump, with whom Berlusconi is often compared. --.