Volume 3, Number 1, Summer 2011
EDITORIAL
Italian Politics: The Calm before the Storm?
James L Newell and Maurizio Carbone
ARTICLES
Is Italian Bureaucracy Exceptional? Comparing the Quality of South European Public Administrations
Maria Tullia Galanti
Berlusconism - Some Empirical Research:
Claudia Mariotti
The Personalisation of Partisan Attachments in the Second Italian Republic
Diego Garzia
How Does Political Knowledge Shape Support for Democracy? Some Research based on the Italian Case
Vincenzo Memoli
The Role of Italian Presidents: The Subtle Boundary between Accountability and Political Action
Selena Grimaldi
DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES
The Legislative Activity of the Fourth Berlusconi Government Three Years into its Term of Office: An Updating of Some Figures
Francesco Marangoni
The Italian Local Elections of 2011: Four Ingredients for a Political Defeat
Stefano Braghiroli
A Constitutional Patriotism for Italian Demicracy: The Contribution of President Napolitano
Gaspare Nevola
NEWS AND EVENTS
So Divided and Yet So United. Italy and the Italians: Society, the Economy, Politics and Voting
Gabriele Bracci
BOOK REVIEWS
NOTES OF CONTRIBUTORS