Italy: A Difficult Democracy: A Survey of Italian PoliticsItaly is the world's sixth economic power, lies in a key geopolitical position, and was a founding member of NATO and the European Community. Yet of all the major European states Italy is the least understood and studied. This book provides the only up to date survey of the Italian political scene during the forty years since World War II. It describes the inner dynamics of the political parties, the day to day functioning of the governing