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Introduction: A mountain giving birth to a mouse? On the impact and legacy of Silvio Berlusconi in Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2016

Daniele Albertazzi  and
James L. Newell
Daniele Albertazzi*
Affiliation:
Department of Modern Languages, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
James L. Newell
Affiliation:
School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, UK
*
∗Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Love him or loathe him, Silvio Berlusconi is widely assumed to be Europe's most remarkable politician of recent decades, one who has not only affected the nature of electoral competition or the shape of the party system in Italy, but one who has influenced the country's political agenda to the extent that he himself and his role in politics have for long periods been the most important issues around which party competition has taken place.

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Modern Italy , Volume 20 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Berlusconi's impact and legacy , February 2015 , pp. 3 - 10
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Copyright © Association for the study of Modern Italy 

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