This volume covers a range of subjects drawn from Italy and abroad to study the historical and contemporary formations of Italian national identity. In doing so, the work illuminates Italy past and present as well as the local and global dimensions of national identity in general.

Contributors: Mohamed Aden, John Agnew, Ayele Bekerie, Elaine K. Chang, Antonio Marazzi, Francesca Miller, Antonio Negri, Graziella Parati, Karen Pinkus, Paul Robinson, Pasquale Verdicchio, Marguerite R. Waller, and David Ward.