Piero Ignazi is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bologna. His recent publications include Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe (OUP, 2003, revised edition 2006), Political Parties and Political Systems (with A. Roemmele and D.Farrell, Praeger, 2005), and Italian Military Operations Abroad (with G.Giacomello and F. Coticchia, Palgrave, 2012).
Preface
Preface
Introduction
1: Searching for Political Parties in the Past
2: The Colliding Parties' Reception from Selective Acceptance to Outright Rejection
3: Towards the Final Legitimation of the Party
4: The Party's Golden age and its Demise
5: Party Standstill in an Era of Change
6: Parties' Resources at the Dawn of the New Millennium
7: Party in Agony?
Conclusions