L’Italia repubblicana e gli aiuti internazionali

Abstract

The book examines the complex process through which Italy passed from being ‘recipient of international aid’ to ‘donor country’. It does so by looking at the different actors which characterised this shift: national and international institutions, voluntary associations, non-governmental organizations. Its case studies look at politics, practices, cultures and economic dynamics that marked the disentanglement of international aid to and from Italy and highlight both elements of continuities and ruptures in the history of humanitarianism. The book engages with the booming international literature on humanitarianism as well as on Republican Italy shedding light on little-studied but extremely topical issues.