Italy is perceived as a young state, yet it is no younger than today's Germany. It is perceived as a country divided into a South and a North, often thought of with secessionist pressures. In this work we will see how internal differences have characterized the Italian peninsula since ancient times. Its division between North and South is important and more visible than ever, but it is not connected to regionalism. For this reason, I will show how the division into Regions of Italy, even if it refers to ancient representations, is extremely recent and moreover it does not refer to any identity, neither political nor cultural. Its management of the territory is undermined by an unfortunate reform which Italy has struggled against since 2001 and from which the country has never left. Added to this is the reform of the provinces of 2014 which increased the operational difficulties on the Italian territorial organization.
L'Italia è percepita come uno Stato giovane, ma non è più giovane della Germania di oggi. È percepito come un Paese diviso in un Sud e un Nord, spesso pensato con pressioni secessioniste. In questo lavoro vedremo come le differenze interne abbiano caratterizzato la penisola italiana fin dall'antichità. La sua divisione tra Nord e Sud è importante e più visibile che mai, ma non è collegata al regionalismo. Per questo motivo mostrerò come la suddivisione in Regioni d'Italia, anche se riferita ad antiche rappresentazioni, è estremamente recente e inoltre non fa riferimento ad alcuna identità, né politica né culturale. La sua gestione del territorio è minata da una sfortunata riforma contro la quale l'Italia lotta dal 2001 e dalla quale il Paese non è mai uscito. A ciò si aggiunge la riforma delle province del 2014 che ha aumentato le difficoltà operative sull'organizzazione territoriale italiana.
Bettoni, G. (2021). Italy. In Jordi Marti-Henneberg (a cura di), European Regions, 1870 – 2020 : a Geographic and Historical Insight into the Process of European Integration (pp. 157-165). Cham : Springer [10.1007/978-3-030-61537-6].
Italy
bettoni
2021-01-01
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Italy is perceived as a young state, yet it is no younger than today's Germany. It is perceived as a country divided into a South and a North, often thought of with secessionist pressures. In this work we will see how internal differences have characterized the Italian peninsula since ancient times. Its division between North and South is important and more visible than ever, but it is not connected to regionalism. For this reason, I will show how the division into Regions of Italy, even if it refers to ancient representations, is extremely recent and moreover it does not refer to any identity, neither political nor cultural. Its management of the territory is undermined by an unfortunate reform which Italy has struggled against since 2001 and from which the country has never left. Added to this is the reform of the provinces of 2014 which increased the operational difficulties on the Italian territorial organization.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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