Books by Jonathan Dunnage

Examines Italy's police in the context of fascism's efforts to modernise and establish ideological control over the state. Presenting an inside perspective on fascist repression, it focuses on recruitment, training and professionalism in the Interior Ministry Police, and their ideological orientation, working conditions and quality of life. -- .

Based on original research using official documents, this illuminating account of the role of the police in the rise to power of Mussolini reveals the internal workings of the Italian Liberal policing system, the tensions between its different branches, and problems related to the shifting demands of its wheeler-dealer political masters.

Italy has undergone a social, political and economic transformation during the 20th century. This social history looks at the everyday life of Italians against a dramatic backdrop of the move to mass politics, fascism, war, economic boom, and organized crime and corruption.