Author： Gilbert Mark
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1469-9583
Source： Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Vol.14, Iss.1, 2009-03, pp. : 31-37
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Abstract
The article argues that Patrick McCarthy's Crisis of the Italian State was a book of great value by an author who was a partisan in the struggle to reform the Italian political system. The book's argument that lasting reform of Italian politics is only possible if middle class Italians begin to act as citizens, rather than as clients who regard the state as a source of potential largesse, has proved to be a far-sighted one, although at the time it seemed simplistic. Many of Italy's current troubles stem from the failure of Italy to go beyond the 'overworked state'.
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