II‑ IRHRM Environments in Italy
•The Political context - Political Parties
•Christian Democrats ‑ DC
•Italian Communist Party ‑ PCI
–Accepted NATO
–Cooperated with DC
–Record of efficient and successful local administration
–Adopted social democratic program and changed name to Democratic Party of the Left, PDS.  Now Democrats of the Left. 
–Marxists split to much smaller Communist Renewal Party
Political Context - Political Parties
   May 2001 election 8 parties in Chamber of Deputies with at least 11 seats
   68 seats divided among others with total of 40 represented

Christian Democrats ‑ DC ‑
   Catholic oriented moderate party ‑
   Widely viewed as party of patronage and bureaucracy –
   Key to all post-war governments until 1994.
   Has broken into several smaller parties

Italian Communist Party ‑ PCI ‑
   Largest Communist Party in west – 1985 won 35% vote making it largest Italian party
   Moved from radical to largely reformist