`There are many general insights into Italian politics to be gleaned from this study, not least the revealing and often fascinating comments of many national and local leaders interviewed by the author.' - Association of Italian Teachers Journal`Pridham demonstrates an awesome command of the secondary literature on coalition governments.' - Association for the Study of Modern Italy

• Part 1 Interpreting Italian Coalitional Behaviour: The Theory and the Practice; Chapter 1 Coalition Theory and the Case of Italy; Chapter 2 Italy's Part y System and Coalitional Behaviour in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 3 Italian Coalitional Behaviour in the Literature; Chapter 4 Inductive Theory and Research Methodology; Part 2 Italian Coalitional Behaviour: Multi-Dimensional Perspectives on National Politics; Chapter 5 The Historical Dimension: Patterns, Traditions and Conventions; Chapter 6 The Institutional Dimension: Formalities and Realities of Governing Structures; Chapter 7 The Motivational Dimension: Problems of Power, Ideology and Strategy; Part 3 Italian Coalitional Behaviour: Sub-National Politics and Vertical Linkages; Chapter 8 The Horizontal/Vertical Dimension: A Case of Unity in Diversity?; Chapter 9 The Internal Part y Dimension: Elite Control and Elite Constraints; Part 4 Italian Coalitional Behaviour in a Deeper and Wider Setting; Chapter 10 The Socio-Political Dimension: Coalition Politics and the Public Domain; Chapter 11 The Environmental/External Dimension: Wider Perspectives on Italian Coalition Politics;

`There are many general insights into Italian politics to be gleaned from this study, not least the revealing and often fascinating comments of many national and local leaders interviewed by the author.' - Association of Italian Teachers Journal`Pridham demonstrates an awesome command of the secondary literature on coalition governments.' - Association for the Study of Modern Italy

• Part 1 Interpreting Italian Coalitional Behaviour: The Theory and the Practice; Chapter 1 Coalition Theory and the Case of Italy; Chapter 2 Italy's Part y System and Coalitional Behaviour in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 3 Italian Coalitional Behaviour in the Literature; Chapter 4 Inductive Theory and Research Methodology; Part 2 Italian Coalitional Behaviour: Multi-Dimensional Perspectives on National Politics; Chapter 5 The Historical Dimension: Patterns, Traditions and Conventions; Chapter 6 The Institutional Dimension: Formalities and Realities of Governing Structures; Chapter 7 The Motivational Dimension: Problems of Power, Ideology and Strategy; Part 3 Italian Coalitional Behaviour: Sub-National Politics and Vertical Linkages; Chapter 8 The Horizontal/Vertical Dimension: A Case of Unity in Diversity?; Chapter 9 The Internal Part y Dimension: Elite Control and Elite Constraints; Part 4 Italian Coalitional Behaviour in a Deeper and Wider Setting; Chapter 10 The Socio-Political Dimension: Coalition Politics and the Public Domain; Chapter 11 The Environmental/External Dimension: Wider Perspectives on Italian Coalition Politics;

`There are many general insights into Italian politics to be gleaned from this study, not least the revealing and often fascinating comments of many national and local leaders interviewed by the author.' - Association of Italian Teachers Journal`Pridham demonstrates an awesome command of the secondary literature on coalition governments.' - Association for the Study of Modern Italy

• Part 1 Interpreting Italian Coalitional Behaviour: The Theory and the Practice; Chapter 1 Coalition Theory and the Case of Italy; Chapter 2 Italy's Part y System and Coalitional Behaviour in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 3 Italian Coalitional Behaviour in the Literature; Chapter 4 Inductive Theory and Research Methodology; Part 2 Italian Coalitional Behaviour: Multi-Dimensional Perspectives on National Politics; Chapter 5 The Historical Dimension: Patterns, Traditions and Conventions; Chapter 6 The Institutional Dimension: Formalities and Realities of Governing Structures; Chapter 7 The Motivational Dimension: Problems of Power, Ideology and Strategy; Part 3 Italian Coalitional Behaviour: Sub-National Politics and Vertical Linkages; Chapter 8 The Horizontal/Vertical Dimension: A Case of Unity in Diversity?; Chapter 9 The Internal Part y Dimension: Elite Control and Elite Constraints; Part 4 Italian Coalitional Behaviour in a Deeper and Wider Setting; Chapter 10 The Socio-Political Dimension: Coalition Politics and the Public Domain; Chapter 11 The Environmental/External Dimension: Wider Perspectives on Italian Coalition Politics;