ANNA CENTO BULL is Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Bath. She has published widely on the Legal Nord and her most recent book is Social Identities and Political Cultures in Italy.MARK GILBERT is Lecturer in Italian Politics at the University of Bath. His publications include The Italian Revolution: The End of Politics, Italian Style and he is co-editor, with G.Pasquino, of Politica in Italia, 2000/Italian Politics: The Faltering Transition.

• List of Tables Preface Introduction The Legal Nord and the Crisis of the Italian State Interpretations of the Legal Nord The Electorate of the Legal Nord: A Socio-Economic and Territorial Constituency Padania and After Globalization, Italian Politics and 'the Northern Question' References Index

ANNA CENTO BULL is Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Bath. She has published widely on the Legal Nord and her most recent book is Social Identities and Political Cultures in Italy.MARK GILBERT is Lecturer in Italian Politics at the University of Bath. His publications include The Italian Revolution: The End of Politics, Italian Style and he is co-editor, with G.Pasquino, of Politica in Italia, 2000/Italian Politics: The Faltering Transition.

• List of Tables Preface Introduction The Legal Nord and the Crisis of the Italian State Interpretations of the Legal Nord The Electorate of the Legal Nord: A Socio-Economic and Territorial Constituency Padania and After Globalization, Italian Politics and 'the Northern Question' References Index

ANNA CENTO BULL is Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Bath. She has published widely on the Legal Nord and her most recent book is Social Identities and Political Cultures in Italy.MARK GILBERT is Lecturer in Italian Politics at the University of Bath. His publications include The Italian Revolution: The End of Politics, Italian Style and he is co-editor, with G.Pasquino, of Politica in Italia, 2000/Italian Politics: The Faltering Transition.

• List of Tables Preface Introduction The Legal Nord and the Crisis of the Italian State Interpretations of the Legal Nord The Electorate of the Legal Nord: A Socio-Economic and Territorial Constituency Padania and After Globalization, Italian Politics and 'the Northern Question' References Index