Italian politics: No improvement in sight

Journal of Modern Italian Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-285

  Pasquino, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti politics; Electoral law; Institutional transition; Prodi; Regime; Societal fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249144502     PISSN: 1354571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545710701455627     Document Type: Review

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