Interest Groups in Italian Politics

✍ Scribed by Joseph La Palombara

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 468
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 2223
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The author examines both structurally and functionally the General Confederation of Italian Industry, Italian Catholic Action, the Christian Democrats, the Italian Liberal Party, the monarchist Italian Republican Party, the neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement, and many more interest groups. The book is based on several years of field research in Italy, including interviews with scores of political figures, bureaucrats, and interest group leaders.

Originally published in 1964.

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✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT
III. THE ITALIAN POLITICAL CULTURE
IV. THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
V. AN INTEREST GROUP INVENTORY
VI. PATTERNS OF GROUP COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTION
VII. LEGISLATIVE INTERACTION
VIII. BUREAUCRATIC INTERVENTION: CLIENTELA
IX. BUREAUCRATIC INTERVENTION: PARENTELA
X. SCOPE AND LIMITS OF BUREAUCRATIC INTERVENTION
XI. GROUP PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES: AN EPILOGUE
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX