... is assistant professor of international relations at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, and teaches European and Middle Eastern politics. Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 Italy and the euro euro adoption Europe Italian competitiveness Italian economy Italy...

.... Sotiris Rizas is director of research at the Modern Greek History Research Center, Academy of Athens, Greece. Copyright 2017 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2017 Italian economy Greek economy Bretton Woods postwar recovery A Stabilization and Development Dilemma: The United States...

... in the global economy — Rome has since reemerged as a vocal and influential player in the debate over the future of the EU. China played a role in this complicated transition. Despite widespread concerns among Chinese experts and officials about the Italian government’s capacity to steer the country out...

... by the structural infancy of her economy. While Italy’s economy has advanced to the postindustrial stage (more than 63 percent of Italian GDP is in the services sector), Albania’s economy has yet to enter the industrial stage. Almost 63 percent of its GDP...

... and Alto-Adige, which have strong influences from Austria, or Sicily and Calabria, with their ties to Africa and the Mediterranean world? Can Italy be defined by where Italian is primarily spoken? What of the multitude of dialects spoken within Italy, not to mention the Italian-speaking areas...

... and the Mediterranean world? Can Italy be defined by where Italian is primarily spoken? What of the multitude of dialects spoken within Italy, not to mention the Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland? Are there any clues to be found in Italian politics, economics, culture, or society? Not really, as author Roy...

..., with their ties to Africa and the Mediterranean world? Can Italy be defined by where Italian is primarily spoken? What of the multitude of dialects spoken within Italy, not to mention the Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland? Are there any clues to be found in Italian politics, economics, culture, or society...

... unemployment insurance was not compulsory in Switzerland until 1977. In the immediate postwar period, migration fl ows to Switzerland almost exclusively consisted of workers from Italy holding seasonal or annual per- mits. Italians came to Switzerland to work in the construction industry, fac- tories...

... the Italian Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995). 5. Ibid. Royo: The Politics of Adjustment and Coordination at the Regional Level  43 challenges, the Basque regional government and the economic actors have developed innovative capacities that have promoted further coordination...

....” Giurlando argues that rather than improving Italy’s political economy or Italian competitiveness, as many politicians promised when Italy adopted the euro, joining the eurozone had the opposite effect; it placed Italy in an economic straightjacket with little room to enact necessary structural...

... the 1994 Italian parliamentary elections using sophisticated, computer- assisted survey methods and conducted two thousand extensive telephone interviews throughout the country. Most of the book is a detailed discussion of the development of the survey models...

...). The group embarked on its project just after the 1994 Italian parliamentary elections using sophisticated, computer- assisted survey methods and conducted two thousand extensive telephone interviews throughout the country. Most of the book is a detailed...

... just after the 1994 Italian parliamentary elections using sophisticated, computer- assisted survey methods and conducted two thousand extensive telephone interviews throughout the country. Most of the book is a detailed discussion of the development...

... Nations. The northern upstart border city of Mitrovica (population 71,601) was divided late in 2011 among Kosovars, varying numbers of German and Italian NATO troops, members of the South Carolina National Guard on the south side of the “scrubby mining town,” and defiant Serbs dug in across...

.... In fact, it was these Italian city-­states that laid the foundation for the more recent classic “financial revolutions” of the Netherlands, England, and the United States in terms of the commitment-­to-­honor-­debt mechanism (public debt), the role of public banks (central banking...

... has become one of the highest priorities of Italian and European Union foreign policy, at both the bilateral and multilateral levels. Particularly important in this connection is Italy’s participation in the fight against international ter- rorism and in regional peace and stabilization...

...-­0-­ 7391-­6821-­9. $76 (hardcover). Reviewed by Dominique Maillard. The Narrative Mediterranean: Beyond France and the Maghreb by Claudia Esposito is an update of the some of the most important literary texts written in French and Italian by various significant contemporary authors from...

...-­0-­ 7391-­6821-­9. $76 (hardcover). Reviewed by Dominique Maillard. The Narrative Mediterranean: Beyond France and the Maghreb by Claudia Esposito is an update of the some of the most important literary texts written in French and Italian by various significant contemporary authors from...

... and Italian by various significant contemporary authors from former French North African colonies. It asserts itself as an antidote to “dogmatic and identitarian fundamental- isms,” among which is the much feared “clash of civilizations between ‘Islam’ and ‘the West’ on European ground.” In this respect...

...- ment] of the Italian and Hungarian national minority with their respective parliaments, their nations and minority organizations, and participation of MPs in other events abroad and in international events in the Republic of Slovenia.” Besides friendship groups, which are a typical, universal...