From fascism to democracy : culture and politics in the Italian election of 1948 /

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From Fascism to Democracy tells the story of the birth of the post-war Italian political system through the lens of a single event: the Italian national election of 1948, the first parliamentary election of the Republican era. Robert A. Ventresca offers the first comprehensive analysis of this centr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ventresca, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2004.
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:
Italy. > Parlamento > Elections, 1948.
Catholic Church > Political activity > Italy.
Italie. > Parlamento > Élections, 1948.
Église catholique > Italie > Activité politique.
Catholic Church.
Italy. > Parlamento.
1945-1976
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Elections.
Political participation.
Politics and government
Parlamentswahl
Verkiezingen.
Politieke cultuur.
Sociale aspecten.
Religieuze aspecten.
Geschichte 1948.
Italy > Politics and government > 1945-1976.
Italie > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1976.
Italy.
Italien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The legacy of fascism : redefining Italy after Mussolini
  • Guns, butter, and good ole Yankee know-how : America's crusade to defeat Italian Communism
  • Madonnas, miracles, and the pulpit as soapbox : the use of the sacred in the campaign for Christ
  • Salerno betrayed : Italian Communism from participation to confrontation
  • When politics reaches the altar : Catholic action gets out the vote
  • Battle of the senses : the propaganda war
  • A free and fair election? : the campaign
  • The day after
  • Epilogue : politics in a new key or blocked democracy?

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