Silvio Berlusconi Television, Power and Patrimony – Paul Ginsborg Lage Prijs

Silvio Berlusconi, a family man with a taste for the good life, owner of a huge television empire and, most recently, the man who likened a German MEP to a Nazi camp commander… small wonder that much of liberal Europe and America has responded with considerable dismay and some mirth to his governance of Italy. Paul Ginsborg, a leading commentator on contemporary Italy, explains here why we should take Berlusconi seriously. Combining historical narrative – Berlusconi’s childhood in the dynamic and paternal…