01981oam 22003854a 450 991047999110332120211004152538.01-5261-3394-6(CKB)5120000000097867(MiAaPQ)EBC5557380(OCoLC)1057341733(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78386(EXLCZ)99512000000009786720190212d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSilvio BerlusconiA study in failure /James L. NewellManchester :Manchester University Press,2019.1 online resource (234 pages)1-5261-3395-4 0-7190-7597-1 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. --.Biografie.Electronic books. 945.0929092Newell James L.1959-aut517119MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910479991103321Silvio Berlusconi2564369UNINA