Born in Cuneo in 1947, historian and sociologist, is a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogardo. Celebrated scholar of Fordism, post-Fordism, and in general, politics of the twentieth century, is the author, among other works, Le due destre (1996), The sociale (1998) sinistra, Oltre il Novecento. The policy, we will insidie ​​ideologie e del lavoro (2001) and Destra Sinistra: l'identità Smarrita (2007).