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Tables of Contents for The Lega Nord and the Northern Question in Italian Politics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables
vii
Preface
viii
Introduction
1
8
The Lega Nord and the Crisis of the Italian State
9
33
Introduction
9
2
II Senatur
11
2
Roma Iadrona (`Thieving Rome')
13
9
The Republic of the North
22
4
The Italian revolution
26
5
Party of government
31
7
Conclusions
38
4
Interpretations of the Lega Nord
42
25
Introduction
42
1
A protest against Rome?
43
2
The Lega as a populist party
45
6
The Lega as a subcultural party
51
5
The Lega as an ethno-regionalist party
56
3
The Lega as a political entrepreneur
59
4
Conclusions
63
4
The Electorate of the Lega Nord: a Socio-economic and Territorial Constituency
67
38
Introduction
67
2
The electorate of the Lega Nord
69
4
Small-scale industrialization and the rise of the Lega Nord in the manufacturing areas of Lombardy
73
6
Small-scale industralization and territorially-based political subcultures
79
3
Facing new challenges: Italy's industrial districts and political institutions in the 1980s and 1990s
82
8
The Lega Nord, small business and regionalism
90
3
The Lega Nord as a political subculture
93
5
Recent developments
98
4
Conclusions
102
3
Padania and After
105
34
Introduction
105
1
The making of Padania
106
6
The theory and practice of Pandanian nationalism
112
9
The sectarianism of the Lega
121
3
A far-right party
124
11
Conclusions
135
4
Globalization, Italian Politics and the `Northern Question'
139
34
Introduction
139
1
The process of economic globalization and its effects on politics
140
3
The politics of secession as a response to globalization
143
5
Competing responses to globalization: state and markets
148
4
Old and innovative solutions to new challenges
152
8
Competing responses to globalization: state and regions
160
5
The Northern Question and the growing territorial gap in Italian politics
165
4
Conclusions
169
4
Conclusions
173
11
Postscript on the 2001 General Elections
184
4
The Lega's Caporetto?
184
4
References
188
11
Index
199
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