Chronology of Italian political events, 1990; electoral reform referendums, Gianfranco Pasquino; the new local government law, Luciano Vandelli; the financing of Church activities in Italy, Carlo Cardia; Italy in Europe - the Italian presidency of the European Community, David Hine; the XIX congress of the PCI - the role of symbolism in the communist crisis, David I. Kertzer; the Italian communist party - towards dissolution and the unknown, Frank Belloni; regional leagues in Italy, David Woods; machine politics and mass mobilization in Palermo - epitaph for a failed revolt, Alfio Mastropaolo; the 1990 student protest, Paolo Segatti; Italy and the World Cup, Pierre Lanfranchi; documentary appendix, Sara Romano.