Research in Politics & International Relations

VOLUME 1, No. 1, Summer 2009

EDITORIAL

• Italy, the Never-ending Transition and Political Science
  James L. Newell and Maurizio Carbone 

ARTICLES

• Transition from Democracy to Democracy: Is it Possible in Italy?
  Leonardo Morlino
• The Transformation of Italian Democracy
  Sergio Fabbrini
• Party System Developments and Electoral Legislation in Italy (1948- 2009)
  Carlo Fusaro
• The Left in Italy and the Lisbon Treaty: A 'Political' Europe, a 'Social Europe, and an 'Economic' Europe
  Lucia Quaglia

DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES

• The First Year of Berlusconi’s Fourth Government: Formation, Characteristics and Activities
  Elisabetta De Giorgi and Francesco Marangoni
• From Parliament to Virtual Piazza? Opposition in Italy in the Age of Berlusconi
  Daniele Albertazzi, Clodagh Brook and Charlotte Ross
• The Treaty on Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation between Italy and Libya: New Prospects for Cooperation in the Mediterranean?
  Natalino Ronzitti

ROUNDTABLE

• Constitutional Reform in Italy: Is Failure Inevitable?
  Gianfranco Baldini, Mauro Calise, Paul Furlong, Carlo Fusaro

BOOK REVIEWS

• Book Reviews Summer 2009

NEWS AND EVENTS

• News and Events Summer 2009

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

• Notes on Contributors Summer 2009