... parliamentarism Benigni Roberto Center Right votes of confidence Catholic socialism Christian Democracy Italian Communist Party Italian Socialist Party Fascism Most of the patriots who fought for Italian Unification in the nineteenth century expected the new Italy to have a Constitution, approved...

... parties effectively disappeared with the end of the First Republic. Conti Nicolò First Republic 1948–92 Italian Republican Party PRI Italian Social Democratic Party PSDI Italian Socialist Party PSI Radical Party PR socialists Cold War political parties corruption bribery Forza Italia Political...

...Angelina Merlin was a famous anti-fascist and member of the Italian Socialist Party. She was largely responsible for the equal rights statement in Article 3 of the Italian Constitution. The chapter recounts her political biography and narrates the history of her law to deregulate prostitution...

... Italian Clinton Bill Omar Abu Renzi Matteo Prime Minister De Gregorio Sergio Alfano Angelino Napolitano Giorgio President 2006–15 Silvio Berlusconi Romani Prodi bipolarity Christian Democracy Italian Socialist Party The two dominant politicians of the “Second Republic...

..., while also pursuing European integration. Craxi became leader of the Socialists in 1976 and was able to establish his leadership and to renew the image of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), presenting himself as a radical reformer. Craxi led several cabinets in the 1980s, with Andreotti as foreign...