I: Growth Patterns and Structural Features; 1: Italy’s First Phase of Postwar Development: The Role of Aggregate Demand 1; 2: The Italian Economy after the Bretton Woods Era (1971?2001); 3: The Italian Labour Market and Production System: Structural Features and Main Developments; II: Aspects of a Dual Economy; 4: Old and New Dualisms in the Italian Labour Market; 5: Development Policies in the Italian Mezzogiorno: Lessons from the Past; 6: Rethinking Development Policies in Italy 1; 7: Evolution of Production Structure in the Italian Regions; III: Corporate Governance and Industrial Organization; 8: Continuity and Change in Italian Corporate Governance: The Institutional Stability of One Variety of Capitalism; 9: Production Outsourcing in Italian Manufacturing Industry 1; 10: Italian Districts in the International Economy; 11: Banking System and the Dualistic Development of the Italian Economy; IV: Social Institutions and Networks; 12: The Fiscal Decentralization and the Autonomy of the Local Government; 13: The Italian Third Sector: An Overview at the Beginning of the Century; 14: The Family and Social Networks in the Socio-Economic Development of Italy; 15: The Italian Welfare System Between the European Unification and the Globalization Processes: A Suggested Interpretation