Managing Uncertainty

Chronology of Italian political events, 2009 / compiled by Rinaldo Vignati -- Introduction : managing uncertainty / Marco Giuliani and Erik Jones -- Berlusconi, sex, and the avoidance of a media scandal / Stephen Gundle -- The Partito Democratico : a troubled beginning / Chris Hanretty and Alex Wilson -- European elections in Italy and Europe / Enrico Calossi and Luciano Bardi -- The balance of the coalition / Elisabetta De Giorgi -- The G8 in Italy between politics and protest : a case of success? / Massimiliano Andretta and Nicola Chelotti -- Italian foreign policy and the Obama administration : between new opportunities and constraints / Emiliano Alessandri -- The same old film : the never-ending woes of Italy's justice system / Justin O. Frosini -- The "Brunetta effect" : evaluation and accountability in federal Italy / Mita Marra -- Recalibrating the Italian welfare state : a politics too weak for a "necessary" policy? / Matteo Jessoula -- Economic policy in a global crisis : did Italy get it right? / Riccardo Rovelli -- Immigration, Islam, and political discourse / Saskia van Genugten -- Eluana Englam's death and the debate over living wills / Nicola Pasini -- Documentary appendix / compiled by Debora Mantovani.