Why have Italians lost faith in politics? How did we get to the current situation, where incompetence reigns supreme? Irene Tinagli, former parliamentarian in the last legislature first for Civic Choice and then in the Democratic Party, thanks to her direct experience and the information gathered in a rich database on all the members of the Chamber of Deputies and governments from 1948 to today, draws the portrait of an Italy where the quality of politics and politicians has been strongly questioned, to the point of leaving a country accustomed to ramshackle language and ignorance elevated to a sign of freshness, spontaneity, closeness to the "people".
Tinagli's is a precise and detailed analysis that examines the training and careers of parliamentarians and ministers, internal party mechanisms and data on selection criteria. And that does not fail to evaluate the external factors that have an inevitable effect on politics, such as the evolution of the mass media or the wave of anti-intellectualism that is rampant in Europe and in the world.
His new book is a fundamental work that prompts us to ask ourselves where we are going, what possible solutions the existing literature offers us and how they can be improved and applied in this adrift Italy, which in order to change should stop looking for new messiahs, saviors of the homeland or miraculous recipes. And start asking yourself a simple question: "And if for once we tried, trivially, to put prepared and competent politicians in power?".
Irene Tinagli, great young woman!!! Best wishes from Maria Luigia Longatti. Settimo Torinese.