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A New Guide to Italian CinemaThe 1980s and 1990s: A Changing Society

A New Guide to Italian Cinema: The 1980s and 1990s: A Changing Society The 1980s and 1990s: A Changing Society 1985–92 Public debt increases to record levels 1987 Lombard League separatist party first appears in elections, Large scale trials against Sicilian Mafia 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall, beginning of dissolution of Soviet communist empire with reprocussions for post war Italian political party system 1990 Operation Gladio: anti-Communist organization formed by NATO in the 1950s exposed PCI changes name to PDS (Democratic Party of the Left) Rifondazione comunista neo-Communist party formed Tangentopoli political scandal involving postwar political parties and Mani pulite (clean hands) investigation 1991 Italy sends forces to aid the United Nations liberation of Kuwait Intensification of mafia violence 1992 Treaty of Maastrict established European Community as an economic and political entity with abolition of intra-European border controls and a timetable for monetary union under a single currency—the Euro 1993 Terrorist bombings in in Milan, Rome and Florence Lombard league electoral gains Neo-Fascist party MSI becomes Alleanza Nazionale (National Alliance) Premier Bettino Craxi resigns as leader of Socialist Party and flees Italy to avoid corruption charges 1994 Italian birth rate ranked among the lowest in the world Media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi founds and leads Forza Italia and Liberty Pole Coalition to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A New Guide to Italian CinemaThe 1980s and 1990s: A Changing Society

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2007
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978-1-4039-7565-2
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127 –142
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The 1980s and 1990s: A Changing Society 1985–92 Public debt increases to record levels 1987 Lombard League separatist party first appears in elections, Large scale trials against Sicilian Mafia 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall, beginning of dissolution of Soviet communist empire with reprocussions for post war Italian political party system 1990 Operation Gladio: anti-Communist organization formed by NATO in the 1950s exposed PCI changes name to PDS (Democratic Party of the Left) Rifondazione comunista neo-Communist party formed Tangentopoli political scandal involving postwar political parties and Mani pulite (clean hands) investigation 1991 Italy sends forces to aid the United Nations liberation of Kuwait Intensification of mafia violence 1992 Treaty of Maastrict established European Community as an economic and political entity with abolition of intra-European border controls and a timetable for monetary union under a single currency—the Euro 1993 Terrorist bombings in in Milan, Rome and Florence Lombard league electoral gains Neo-Fascist party MSI becomes Alleanza Nazionale (National Alliance) Premier Bettino Craxi resigns as leader of Socialist Party and flees Italy to avoid corruption charges 1994 Italian birth rate ranked among the lowest in the world Media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi founds and leads Forza Italia and Liberty Pole Coalition to

Published: Oct 6, 2015

Keywords: Italian Theater; Corruption Scandal; Academy Award; Open City; Movie Genre

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