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PART 1 Italian Language and Culture Diffusion Abroad: its Place andStatus in Italian International Politics 1. Culture, cultural relations andcultural policy; 2. The Italian Constitution and the development of Italiansociety; 3. Democracy on trial: the first twenty years of the ItalianConstitution; 4. Italian legislation and the diffusion of language andculture abroad; 5. Who's in charge?; 6. Memory and history: the livingtestimonies to Italian language diffusion policies abroad PART 2 ItalianLanguage and Culture Policies in Context 7. Language policy development inAustralia 1948- 1998; 8. Italian language and culture at the altro poloConclusion; References