Corruption and anti-corruption : the political defeat of 'clean hands' in Italy

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dc.contributor.authorDELLA PORTA, Donatella
dc.contributor.authorVANNUCCI, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-19T12:47:14Z
dc.date.available2011-04-19T12:47:14Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe apparent triumph of the 'revolution of the judges' ( which in the early 1990s led to talk of a 'Second Republic' in Italy) proved to be of short duration. Between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s the question of political corruption was intentionally demoted as a political priority by means of a 'bi-partisan' agreement. The 'Clean Hands' investigations do not seem to have led to the moral regeneration of Italian politics: available indicators on the diffusion of corruption instead signal high and constant levels. 'Clean Hands' opened a window of opportunity for overcoming the various 'anomalies' of Italian politics, but the political class was unable or unwilling to seize the moment. Not only is the balance sheet of actions against corruption rather meagre, but profound divisions have emerged in the relationship between the judiciary and the 'new' political class.
dc.identifier.citationWest European politics, 2007, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 830-853en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01402380701500322
dc.identifier.endpage853
dc.identifier.issn0140-2382
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage830
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/16438
dc.identifier.volume30
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofWest European politicsen
dc.titleCorruption and anti-corruption : the political defeat of 'clean hands' in Italy
dc.typeArticleen
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