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tsharris's review
4.0
Serviceable account of how the party system of Italy's postwar First Republic gave way to the free-for-all among populist parties that has prevailed in recent years. At times it would have been useful to have more insight into the cleavage structure, the issues that divided the parties these days. Naturally these issues are discussed - immigration, Europe, debt, etc. -- in the course of the narrative but it would have been useful to have the cleavages discussed more systematically.
anti_formalist12's review
5.0
About as good as survey of this topic as I could imagine being written. Tells you everything you need to know with brevity and some wit.
mickymac's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent analysis of the rise and evolution of the Lega, offering an alternative to a dispirited and ineffective left. The decline of the labour movement and the shift of the Italian left to the identity of aging middle r radicals has eviscerated its support. Salvini is an example of right wing radicalism facing us all as politics loses relevance to the mass of the public. A warning to us all but who is listening?
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