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Italian Politics and Political History/Government Documents

Last Updated: 26-Mar-2013

A guide to the Stanford University Library's resources for the study of Italian politics, including government materials from the Republic of Italy.

Oggi in Italia

Oggi in Italia spotlights contemporary events of potential interest to students of Italian politics.

The following Google site provides links to sites monitoring contemporary politics in Italy:  http://www.google.com/elections/ed/it/home

Students and Scholars will also find useful the following site created by the Association of College and Research Libraries:

http://wessweb.info/index.php/Italian_Politics_%26_Government

Italian Consulate of San Francisco

The Italian Consulate of San Francisco is the Bay Area's most immediate point of contact for all matters related to the Italian government, including information on obtaining visas, Italian cultural activities taking place in the Bay Area, language study, scholarships for study abroad, and laws and regulations governing living and working in Italy.

Italian Consulate of San Francisco

Government and Administration

Governo Italiano
The Italian government's official website.
Camera dei Deputati
The official Italian website for the Chamber of Deputies, of the two legislative bodies of the Italian government.
Senato della Repubblica
The official Italian website for the Italian Senate, one of the two legislative bodies of the Italian government.
Banca d'Italia
The home page for Bank of Italy, the primary function of which is to set monetary policy for the Republic of Italy in accordance with its membership in the European Union.
Corte Suprema di Cassazione
The official website of the highest court in the Italian judicial system.
Bibliografia del Parlamento Italiano e degli studi elettorali
A resource for materials published by the Italian government.
Vatican
The official website of the Vatican.

Italian Newspapers

A representative collection of Italian newspapers available online to the Stanford community.

La Stampa
Corriere della Sera
La Repubblica
La Nazione

Government Documents

Documents issued by the Italian parliament are available at this site:

http://www.parlamento.it/home

Essenial Websites for Italian Politics
This website, created by the Association of College and Research Libraries, includes information related not only to the contemporary political world of Italy, but of other related states such as Switzerland, with its significant Italian-speaking population, the Republic of San Marino and the Vatican.
Italian National Institute of Statistics
The most important source for current statistical information relating to the Republic of Italy.

Available at the Stanford University Libraries

The Stanford University Libraries' holdings in materials produced by Italian governing bodies, as well as secondary scholarship associated with them, are diverse and complex.  While not exhaustive, the following list offers a sample of those holdings.

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  1. Italian political documents. [July 10. 1934-Apr. 1994]

    Hoover Library » Stacks » DG572 .U63 ...

  2. Documents on Italian war crimes, submitted to the United Nations War Crimes Commission by the imperial Ethiopian Government

    SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Temporary shelving » DT387.7 .A252 ...

  3. Italian aggression in Spain : documents captured from Italian troops in action at Guadalajara

    Hoover Library » Stacks » DP269.46.I8 S732

  4. Mussolini and Italian fascism

    Giuseppe Finaldi. 2008

    Green Library » Stacks » DG571 .F497 2008

  5. Mussolini and Italian fascism

    Hoover Library » Stacks » DG571 .H195

  6. A primer of Italian fascism

    edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey T. Schnapp ; translated by Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Olivia E. Sears, and Maria G. Stampino. 2000

    Green Library » Request at circulation desk » DG571 .A2 P75 2000

Political History

The following represent the most recent works in Italian political history acquired by the Stanford University Libraries

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  1. Aesthetic modernism and masculinity in fascist Italy

    John Champagne. 2013

    Art & Architecture Library » Stacks » NX180 .F3 C44 2013

  2. Art, intellect and politics : a diachronic perspective

    edited by Giusy M. A. Margagliotta and Andrea A. Robiglio. 2013

    Art & Architecture Library » Stacks » NX180 .P64 A795 2013

  3. Gli attentati e le stragi che hanno sconvolto l'Italia

    Andrea Accorsi, Daniela Ferro. 2013

    Green Library » Stacks » HV6433 .I8 A23 2013

  4. Cultures of charity : women, politics, and the reform of poor relief in Renaissance Italy

    Nicholas Terpstra. 2013

    Green Library » Stacks » HV295 .B6 T47 2013

  5. The duke and the stars : astrology and politics in Renaissance Milan

    Monica Azzolini. 2013

    Green Library » Stacks » BF1729 .P6 A99 2013

  6. The economy of recognition [electronic resource] : person, market and society in Antonio Rosmini

    Carlos Hoevel. 2013

  7. Empires of love : Europe, Asia, and the making of early modern identity

    Carmen Nocentelli. 2013

    Green Library » Stacks » HQ18 .E8 N63 2013

  8. Italian historical rural landscapes [electronic resource] : cultural values for the environment and rural development

    Mauro Agnoletti, editor. 2013

  9. Italian women and international Cold War politics, 1944-1968

    Wendy Pojmann. 2013

    Green Library » HAS New Books (Lane Room) » HQ1236.5 .I8 P65 2013

  10. Machiavellian encounters in Tudor and Stuart England : literary and political influences from the reformation to the restoration

    edited by Alessandro Arienzo and Alessandra Petrina. 2013

    Green Library » Stacks » JC143 .M4 M3227 2013