Mark Gilbert is assistant professor of political science at Dickinson College.

• Introduction -- Politics, Italian Style -- The Mafia and Politics -- The Lega Nord -- The End of Italian Communism -- The June 1991 Referendum -- A President Versus the Parties -- Operation Clean Hands -- Three Elections and a Trial -- Premier Berlusconi -- About the Book and Author

Mark Gilbert is assistant professor of political science at Dickinson College.

• Introduction -- Politics, Italian Style -- The Mafia and Politics -- The Lega Nord -- The End of Italian Communism -- The June 1991 Referendum -- A President Versus the Parties -- Operation Clean Hands -- Three Elections and a Trial -- Premier Berlusconi -- About the Book and Author