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Silvio Berlusconi
Paul Ginsborg
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Description for Silvio Berlusconi
Paperback. Silvio Berlusconi's personal conduct lends itself easily to lampooning, but his reliance on force of personality and media savvy alongside a laissez-faire political stance adds up to a corrosive combination with far-reaching consequences for the future of Italian democratic politics. This edition presents his biography. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made man with a taste for luxurious living, owner of a huge television empire and the politician who likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard-small wonder that much of democratic Europe and America has responded with considerable dismay and disdain to his governance of Italy.
Paul Ginsborg, contemporary Italy's foremost historian, explains here why we should take Berlusconi seriously. His new book combines historical narrative-Berlusconi's childhood in the dynamic and paternalist Milanese bourgeoisie, his strict religious schooling, a working life which has encompassed crooning, large construction projects and the creation of a commercial television ... Read more
Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made man with a taste for luxurious living, owner of a huge television empire and the politician who likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard-small wonder that much of democratic Europe and America has responded with considerable dismay and disdain to his governance of Italy.
Paul Ginsborg, contemporary Italy's foremost historian, explains here why we should take Berlusconi seriously. His new book combines historical narrative-Berlusconi's childhood in the dynamic and paternalist Milanese bourgeoisie, his strict religious schooling, a working life which has encompassed crooning, large construction projects and the creation of a commercial television ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844675418
SKU
V9781844675418
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About Paul Ginsborg
Author of the highly acclaimed books A History of Contemporary Italy and Italy and Its Discontents, Paul Ginsborg teaches history at Florence University.
Reviews for Silvio Berlusconi
Succinct and lucid ... this small book has a large agenda: to show what in contemporary Italian culture produced and promoted Berlusconi, as entrepreneur and prime minister, and what might be done to hasten his political end.
International Herald Tribune
Carefully researched ... a notable contribution.
Financial Times
Damning ... Ginsborg shows how Berlusconi's combination of ... Read more
International Herald Tribune
Carefully researched ... a notable contribution.
Financial Times
Damning ... Ginsborg shows how Berlusconi's combination of ... Read more