SILVIO BERLUSCONI : TELEVISION, POWER AND PATRIMONY : NEW UPDATED EDITION

2005 TRADE PAPERBACK; CLEAN; MINOR SURFACE AND EDGE WEAR TO WRAPS VERSO [GINSBORG, PAUL]

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Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made man with a taste for luxurious living, owner of a huge television empire and the politician who likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard--small wonder that much of democratic Europe and America has responded with considerable dismay and disdain to his governance of Italy.

Paul Ginsborg, contemporary Italy's foremost historian, explains here why we should take Berlusconi seriously. His new book combines historical narrative-Berlusconi's childhood in the dynamic and paternalist Milanese bourgeoisie, his strict religious schooling, a working life which has encompassed crooning, large construction projects and the creation of a commercial television empire-with careful analysis of Berlusconi's political development.

While highlighting the particular italianita of Berlusconi's trajectory, Ginsborg also finds international tendencies, such as the distorted relationship between the media system and politics. Throughout, Ginsborg suggests that Berlusconi has gotten as far as he has thanks to the wide-open space left by the strategic weaknesses of modern left-wing politics.

Product Info

ISBN: 1844675416

ISBN-13: 9781844675418

Publisher: VERSO

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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