In this long-awaited book

Already a major bestseller in Italy, Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated, and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decades.

Contemporary Italy and Britain

Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain — the countries have roughly the same extent, population size, and GNP — and yet they are fantastically different.

The Role of the Family

Ginsborg sees this difference as most fundamentally clear in the role of the family, and it is the family which is at the heart of Italian politics and business.

Why Read This Book

Anyone wishing to understand contemporary Italy will find it essential to have this enormously attractive and intelligent book.