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This title was first published in 2002. This book makes a valuable
contribution to the literature on the UK-EU relationship and on the
development of the Labour party since Tony Blair became leader in
1994, providing a detailed examination of the process of
policy-making undertaken by Labour in relation to the 1996-97
intergovernmental conference (IGC) of the EU. It tracks policy
development from opposition to government, culminating in the
conclusion of treaty negotiations at Amsterdam in June 1997. The
book moves beyond the existing literature in providing an original
account of policy-making based on internal party and government
sources. It highlights a 'New Labour' approach to the EU - set in
place by the time of the Amsterdam summit and characteristic of the
Blair government's European policy thereafter - and suggests that
this approach represents both continuity and change with previous
UK governments and a break from the European social democratic
perspective that had been central to Labour's previous pro-European
conversion.
This title was first published in 2002. This book makes a valuable
contribution to the literature on the UK-EU relationship and on the
development of the Labour party since Tony Blair became leader in
1994, providing a detailed examination of the process of
policy-making undertaken by Labour in relation to the 1996-97
intergovernmental conference (IGC) of the EU. It tracks policy
development from opposition to government, culminating in the
conclusion of treaty negotiations at Amsterdam in June 1997. The
book moves beyond the existing literature in providing an original
account of policy-making based on internal party and government
sources. It highlights a 'New Labour' approach to the EU - set in
place by the time of the Amsterdam summit and characteristic of the
Blair government's European policy thereafter - and suggests that
this approach represents both continuity and change with previous
UK governments and a break from the European social democratic
perspective that had been central to Labour's previous pro-European
conversion.
Following his third election victory in 2008, the Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the most controversial head of
government in the EU. This is a cogent examination of the
Berlusconi phenomenon, exploring the success and development of the
new populist right-wing coalition in Italy since the collapse of
the post-war party system in the early 1990s. Carlo Ruzza and
Stefano Fella provide a comprehensive discussion of the three main
parties of the Italian right: Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the
xenophobic and regionalist populist Northern League and the
post-fascist National Alliance. The book assesses the implications
of this controversial right for the Italian democratic system and
examines how the social and political peculiarities of Italy have
allowed such political formations to emerge and enjoy repeated
electoral success. Framed in a comparative perspective, the
authors: explore the nature of the Italian right in the context of
right-wing parties and populist phenomena elsewhere in other
advanced democracies, drawing comparisons and providing broader
explanations. locate the parties of the Italian right within the
existing theoretical conceptions of right-wing and populist
parties, utilising a multi-method approach, including a content
analysis of party programmes. highlight the importance of political
and discursive opportunities in explaining the success of the
Italian right, and the agency role of a political leadership that
has skilfully shaped and communicated an ideological package to
exploit these opportunities. Providing an excellent insight into a
key European nation, this work provides a thoughtful and
stimulating contribution to the research on the Italian right, and
its implications for democratic politics.
Following his third election victory in 2008, the Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the most controversial head of
government in the EU. This is a cogent examination of the
Berlusconi phenomenon, exploring the success and development of the
new populist right-wing coalition in Italy since the collapse of
the post-war party system in the early 1990s. Carlo Ruzza and
Stefano Fella provide a comprehensive discussion of the three main
parties of the Italian right: Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the
xenophobic and regionalist populist Northern League and the
post-fascist National Alliance. The book assesses the implications
of this controversial right for the Italian democratic system and
examines how the social and political peculiarities of Italy have
allowed such political formations to emerge and enjoy repeated
electoral success. Framed in a comparative perspective, the
authors: explore the nature of the Italian right in the context of
right-wing parties and populist phenomena elsewhere in other
advanced democracies, drawing comparisons and providing broader
explanations. locate the parties of the Italian right within the
existing theoretical conceptions of right-wing and populist
parties, utilising a multi-method approach, including a content
analysis of party programmes. highlight the importance of political
and discursive opportunities in explaining the success of the
Italian right, and the agency role of a political leadership that
has skilfully shaped and communicated an ideological package to
exploit these opportunities. Providing an excellent insight into a
key European nation, this work provides a thoughtful and
stimulating contribution to the research on the Italian right, and
its implications for democratic politics.
Based on extensive primary research, including interviews with
movement and policy actors across six European countries, this book
examines anti-racist movements throughout Europe, focusing on how
they influence culture and government policy at national and EU
level, shedding light on the nature of racism and responses to it
across Europe.
Successive EU treaties may have instituted a common framework for
fighting racial discrimination and intolerance across Europe, but
it is a framework that masks the significant differences that arise
as a result of national context: for example, pre-existing national
anti-racist policies and legislation; the degree of success,
character and development of anti-racist movements as well as the
political, socio-economic and cultural context in which these
policies and movements arise. The aim of this book is to provide an
understanding of these different national contexts by exploring the
nature of anti-racist movements in six different EU member states
and their relationship to political institutions and policy-making,
while also reflecting on the impact of the new European sphere of
decision-making. Drawing on extensive primary research involving
interviews with movement and policy actors at the national and EU
level, the book sheds light on the nature of racism and responses
to it across Europe, analysing the impact of Europeanisation of
policy-making on the sector, and exploring north-south and
east-west differences and patterns of convergence.
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