Review
"'This is the best account of contemporary Italian History available in English.' The Times 'A tour de force...packed with material to think about and argue over.' Economist"
Book Description
Despite the global expansion of democracy, a looming threat has appeared in the countries that claim to love it most: declining electoral turnout, diminishing faith in political institutions and the growing gap between the political class and those who elect them... Historian and commentator Paul Ginsborg goes back to first principles and examines anew a concept that we once fought for in this brilliant and bold new diagnosis of our political system.