Search for Good Government

Understanding the Paradox of Italian Democracy

Bibliographic Data

ID19905461
AuthorsFilippo Sabetti (corresponding author)
Year2000
Pages288
Publication date2000-05-26
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSearch for Good Government (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1515/9780773568273
OpenAlexW4378439071
Open LibraryOL33416856M
ISBN9780773568273
LanguageEN
Citations received16

Observers have frequently noted that Italians seem skilled at many things - but not at good government. As a people Italians are said to have flair, panache, and tenacity, while as a polity Italy is in shambles. This paradoxical view of politics can be found in Italian history as far back as Guicciardini and Machiavelli. Nor is it unique to Italy, for the social dilemma of "rational individuals and irrational society" has, since Hobbes, produced a large literature on social theory and comparative politics, as well as numerous questionable suggestions for policy. In The Search for Good Government Filippo Sabetti examines Italian politics to reassess habitual presumptions in comparative politics, opening new territory in the art and science of institutional analysis

Business · Government (linguistics) · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Historical and Environmental Studies · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies · Democracy · Italy · Political science · politics and government

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