Salvadori’s critical analyses are extremely useful. They help keep alive the debate and point to the divisions and fissures of a fragile system that survives because “a better one has yet to be invented.” Eugenio Scalfari, L’espresso

The point of arrival for a historian who has proved his worth in various spheres of research, that can all be traced back to the central and dominant question of the meaning and content of the modern political democracy. Luciano Canfora, Corriere della Sera

Salvadori’s meditation extends to the global crisis of democracies, of which the Italian crisis is just one modest, albeit grotesque, example. Gustavo Zagrebelsky, La Repubblica

A fluid and fundamental essay, deeply thought-provoking, written with documentary vigour and steely lucidity, on the limits and prospects of the current, controversial political season. Antonio Calabrò, Il Mondo