On the Edge of Democracy: Italy, 1943-1948

by Rosario Forlenza

On the Edge of Democracy examines the emergence of democracy in Italy in the wake of World War Two. It examines the nature of the democracy forged in the liminal period after Benito Mussolini, the Duce of Fascism, was removed from government in the summer of 1943.

Instead of pouring through institutional accounts, which root the origins of democracy in the establishment of parties and in electoral outcomes, Forlenza focuses on the lived experiences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198817444
• ISBN13: 9780198817444
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"