History of Contemporary Italy 1943-2019

This book offers a history of contemporary Italy from the collapse ofMussolini to the present, placing this major Euro-Mediterraneancountry in a wider geo-political perspective. It examines how Italian historyand politics developed in relation to - and were shaped by - theinternational context, from the Cold War and NATO to the Europeanintegration process and the global challenges of 1989. Umberto Gentiloni Silverihighlights allmajor events, structural limits, contradictions and conflicts influencingItalian democracy and the political systemuntiltoday.Heexploresthecontinuous tension between 'stabilization' and 'conflict', between thepromise of aninnovativeandevolutionary representative democracyon the one handandthe constraints of a political system conditioned by structural limits and oldcontradictionson the other.