The Changing Role of Italian Political Parties: From Centrifugal to Centripetal forces
FAIN: FB-12742-76
Frederick J. Matkin
Texas A & M University, Kingsville (Kingsville, TX 78363-8202)
To examine the change of the Italian party system from fragmentation to integration by looking at the relationship between the evident social and economic changes and the apparent change in the roles played by the political parties.