Political Institutions in Italy

• Has impressive depth and breadth in its account of Italian political structures, making it essential reading at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Provides fresh and highly current analysis, therefore addressing the gap in the existing literature on Italian politics.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students studying Italian politics, comparative politics or European politics courses.

Maurizio Cotta, Professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics, University of Siena, and Luca Verzichelli, Associate Professor of Political Science and Italian Politics, University of Siena

Introduction
1: The Italian Polity and its Long-Term Transformations
2: The Republic of Parties
3: Electoral Systems and Elections
4: The Executive
5: The Parliament
6: Local Government
7: Bureacracy and Regulatory Bodies
8: Judicial Power