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The Search for Good Government. Understanding the Paradox of Italian Democracy.
Filippo Sabetti
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paperback. Examines Italian politics to reassess habitual presumptions in comparative politics. This work argues that poor government performance in contemporary Italy has been an unintended consequence of attempts to craft institutions for good - or democratic - government. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 534. Weight in Grams: 484.
Sabetti argues that poor government performance in contemporary Italy has been an unintended consequence of attempts to craft institutions for good - or democratic - government. He shows that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, a chief problem in contemporary Italy is not the absence of the rule of law but, rather, the presence of rule by law or too many laws. A principal conclusion of his study is that postwar Italian politics can best be understood as a laboratory for revealing how and why a search for good government can generate antithetical and counter intentional results. The Italian experience ... Read more
Sabetti argues that poor government performance in contemporary Italy has been an unintended consequence of attempts to craft institutions for good - or democratic - government. He shows that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, a chief problem in contemporary Italy is not the absence of the rule of law but, rather, the presence of rule by law or too many laws. A principal conclusion of his study is that postwar Italian politics can best be understood as a laboratory for revealing how and why a search for good government can generate antithetical and counter intentional results. The Italian experience ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773524859
SKU
V9780773524859
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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Reviews for The Search for Good Government. Understanding the Paradox of Italian Democracy.
"A superb book. It deals with a question of fundamental importance, offers a powerful, non-obvious, and convincing analysis, and sheds new and penetrating light on the particular case examined. Sabetti offers an interpretation that stands counter to the prevailing orthodoxy and recasts the understanding of Italian politics. Indeed, it the best book that I have read on Italian politics in ... Read more