Controversial legacies in post-Fascist Italy

The object of this chapter is to investigate continuities and discontinuities in post-Fascist Italy immediately after World War II, during the 1950s and until the 1970s. In particular we propose focusing on the legal frameworks, the public administration and the socio-cultural domain. By focusing on these aspects, our aim is to explore the bidirectional relations between concrete aspects of the working of the State (the public administration) and the ideological superstructure which led to continuities and discontinuities (the legal frameworks and the cultural legacies).