This study, first published in 1981, focuses on a single region of Italy ¿ Tuscany, and examines the internal and external relationships of the parties, their evolution and their roles in the years 1975-1980. This volume has a particular importance due to the questioning of many previously held assumptions of the country¿s party system in the light of political and socio-economic change during the 1970¿s. This title will be of interest to students of European politics.