@翻了个译,MTI专业辅导@翻了个译,MTI专业辅导Heacknowledgesthathissubject'srisetopower(and,toanevengreaterextent,hisreturntopowerin2001aftersixyearsinopposition)wasfosteredbysomeofthespecificcharacteristicsofItaliansociety.Italianswere,andare,largelyunconcernedbyMrBerlusconi'sconflictsofinterest.Indeed,asurveyduringthe2001electionfoundthatalmostaquarterofvotersthoughtthatMrBerlusconi'spersonalinterestsmeanthewould“governthecountrybetter”.NorareItaliansoverlyconcernedbythesortofillegalityofwhichtheirformerleaderhasbeenrepeatedlyaccusedbythejudiciary.Aboveall,though,MrStilleargues,Italyisa“weakdemocracywithfewinstitutionalchecksandbalances.”MrStille'sbookisill-timed:MrBerlusconihasjustbeenvotedoutofofficeand,at69,hischancesofreturningareslim.ButtheBerlusconiformula,whichMrStillesumsupas“money+media+celebrity=politicalpower”,isbynomeansapplicableonlytoItaly.