Between crisis and transitions : Italian politics in the 1990s Martin Bull and Martin Rhodes -- Hollowing out and hardening the state : European integration and the Italian economy Vincent della Sala -- No longer a 'party state'? Institutions, power and the problems of Italian reform Giafranco Pasquino -- Financing party politics in Italy : a case of systemic corruption Martin Rhodes -- Party organisations and alliances in Italy in the 1990s : a revolution of sorts James J. Newell and Martin Bull -- 'Electoral transition' and party system change in Italy Roberto D'Alimonte and Stefano Bartolini -- Politics and the mass media in Italy Luca Ricolfi -- The judiciary in the Italian political crisis Carlo Guarnieri -- Sub-national governments in the long Italian transition Bruno Dente -- The reform of finance and administration in Italy : contrasting achievements Giacinto della Cananea -- Employers, unions and the state : the resurgence of concertation in Italy? Marino Regini and Ida Regalia -- The uncertain future of the Italian welfare state Maurizio Ferrera