There is one remarkable thing about Italy Today: it's really the outcome of one of the phenomena described in the book.
I met Andrea when we were both kids, in remote village in
We lost contact during college years for quite some time to randomly meet during summer when both would spend some time in
A couple of years after, during we were both busy in our PhDs, we had a chance to seldom met during summers for a pizza or a dinner to discuss of our experience in UK and chat about Italian Affairs.
Discussing about
The political discourse was the routinely flow of insults and superficial slogans expressed by an immutable political class. We were worried.
Every meeting was the occasion of heated political discussions. Berlusconi was in full swing and future looked gloom. International newspapers and magazines started to have interested in the Italian crisis.
Living away, we felt powerless. As PhD student, the only tool at our disposal was academic work.
It all started having the opportunity of being guest editors for a special issue of the Journal of Modern Italian Studies. We dedicated much time in trying to have a holistic view of the Italian crisis. We were convinced that
It was not only Berlusconi.
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