Towards a more natural structure of Italy? The federalist thought of Carlo Cattaneo, Giuseppe Ferrari, Alberto Mario and Gaetano Salvemini - RAFAŁ LIS (Autor) (2021)
10.1080/01916599.2021.1921006
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01916599.2021.1921006?src=
Oryginalny artykuł naukowy
The article presents the federalist thought of Carlo Cattaneo, Giuseppe Ferrari and Alberto Mario and Gaetano Salvemini. Referring briefly to the recognised failures of the federal idea in Italy and the corresponding difficulties with its territorial puzzle’ (to use Daniel Ziblatt’s phrase) as well, the author proposes to analyse their argumentation through the prism of their attempts to find a proper federal structure for this country. The article shows that despite their eagerness to make Italy perfectly compatible with its ‘natural’ diversity, they gave different answers to the Italian federalist dilemma: whether to begin the whole process with the communes (as Cattaneo initially wanted) or with more subnational units or rather somewhat include both elements. As will be seen, it was perhaps Salvemini who outlined the most coherent and Cattanean conception that recognised again the necessity of local initiative. Yet, as will be also seen, his federalism, intertwine from the beginning with his concern about the Italian South, was not free from its own weaknesses.
Keywords: nauki o polityce i administracji