Politische Repräsentation und Partizipation / Rappresentanza politica e partecipazione

„L'Italia non è matura per la libertà, non la capisce e non la sente“

Rappresentanza senza partecipazione nell'Italia post-unitaria

Fulvio Cammarano

Abstract

The extension of political representation, achieved without the active participation of the people, is connected to the start of the transformist period and should in a way be considered a political legitimization of the process of building national identity, which had taken place devoid of constituent pathos in issues of citizenship and civil rights. This perception led to a redefinition of the balance of power, both in politics and culture, within the liberal world. In fact, between the 1870s and 1880s two conflicting visions emerged: Following the initial difficulties, some sectors ...