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Our treatment of the Italian political system has focused on its weaknesses and imperfections. We have seen the serious problems facing the Italian economy and Italian society; the disruptive effects of rapid modernization; the survival of widespread political alienation at the level of the mass culture; the lack of unified, coherent political leadership; and the absence of effective coordination over the institutions responsible for policy formulation and policy implementation. It would be tempting, at this point, to add another voice to the chorus that proclaims the Italian polity to be hovering on the brink of the precipice.
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Hancock, M.D., Conradt, D.P., Peters, B.G., Safran, W., Zariski, R. (1998). What Is the Future of Italian Politics?. In: Politics in Western Europe. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14555-3_20
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