Volume 43, Number 10 · June 6, 1996
Italy: The Convulsions of Normalcy
By Alexander Stille
Like a snake trying to shed its skin, Italy has been making convulsive efforts for the last few years to shake off its old political system and become a 'normal' democracy, one in which the alternation of government and opposition is an ordinary, unremarkable occurrence. With the victory of a broad center-left coalition in the elections of April 21, the country took a large step in that direction.
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