The article discusses the implications of the Eurozone crisis for Italian penality. It begins by analysing the ‘politics of austerity’ – the economic reforms and new political mode entrenched by the Eurozone crisis. It then reflects upon the penal implications of such changes, focusing on the conceptual links between state–citizen relations, political institutional arrangements, and punishment in Italy. The article argues that Italy will continue to display an alternation of punitiveness and moderation. However, the meaning and contours of both punitiveness and moderation are changing. Punitiveness is likely to be exacerbated as punishment is used to impose cohesion on an ever more fragmented polity. Moderation, far from being a collective good and ‘public philosophy’, is likely to become a narrow, stratified and personalistic good. The article urges us to consider whether austerity may be engendering similar dynamics across other EU polities.

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紧缩的刑法含义：欧元区危机后的意大利惩罚

本文讨论了欧元区危机对意大利刑罚的影响。它首先分析了“紧缩政治” –欧元区危机根深蒂固的经济改革和新的政治模式。然后，它反映了这种变化的刑法含义，着眼于国家与公民之间的关系，政治制度安排和意大利的惩罚之间的概念联系。文章认为，意大利将继续表现出惩罚与温和的交替。但是，惩罚性和适度性的含义和轮廓正在改变。由于惩罚被用来对越来越分散的政体施加凝聚力，因此惩罚性可能会加剧。中庸之道远非集体的财产和“公共哲学”，它有可能成为狭义的，分层的和个人主义的财产。