Anglophilia in crisis
Italian liberals, the 'English model' and democracy in the Giolittian era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3041765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Cerasi (0000-0002-8305-0534, University of Padua, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-22 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Italy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-2944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9877 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13532940220121816 |
| OpenAlex | W2042951206 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The image of England was very important to the political culture of Italian liberals during the Risorgimento and the post-unification period. Even if it was viewed as unreachable, it still constituted an example of progress that Italy could strive towards. This article reconstructs the stages of the process that saw a section of Italian political culture become alienated from this image, just at a time when a more complete form of industrial democracy was becoming eswtablished in Britain. This alienation is interpreted here as having its roots in attitudes to the issues raised by the workers' movement: Italian liberals were reluctant to give it full legitimacy and engage it on the open terrain of social and political competition. The first two sections of the article go over the traits of Italian Anglophilia up to the end of the nineteenth century and single out the earliest reasons for alienation. The third section identifies the Boer War, the figure of Chamberlain and the cluster of issues linking democracy, imperialism and protectionism as key factors in the change of direction. The fourth section shows that the constitutional conflict in Britain and the Parliament Act were a further, decisive, step in Italian liberals' disaffection with the 'English model
Alienation · Democracy · democratic deficit · Economic history · Economics · Legitimacy · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protectionism · Sociology · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2015 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |