1 Changing the Transmission Belt: The Programme‐to‐Policy Link in Italy between the First and Second Republic Shaun Bevan (University of Mannheim) shaun.bevan@gmail.com Enrico Borghetto (University of Milan) enrico.borghetto@unimi.it Marcello Carammia (University of Malta) marcello.carammia@um.edu.mt Paper prepared for the XXVI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association Rome, 13‐15 September 2012 Work in progress – Please do not cite without permission