Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: not a normal country
  • Part I. Berlusconi and friends: 1. From Salesman to Statesman: The postmodern populism of Silvio Berlusconi
  • 2. History matters: The battle for the memory of Monte Sole
  • 3. Bossi’s last shout
  • Part II. Politics again: 4. The failure of the Italian Third Way
  • 5. Italy’s new opposition
  • 6. The South strikes back
  • Part III. Another Italy?: 7. Civic renaissance in Sicily
  • 8. Slow food in the Fast Lane
  • 9. From Postmodern Populism to Postmodern Politics?
  • Notes
  • Notes on Sources and Further Reading
  • Acronyms and Glossary
  • Index.