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Long term weaknesses of Liberal Italy - Coggle Diagram
Long term weaknesses of Liberal Italy
POLITICAL
Only liberal democracy
Internationally
Liberalism was applied in dictatorships and monarchies
Environment of authoritarians’ empires
Based on the ideas of liberalism and democracy
People had free vote and the state protected the individual rights of its people.
Divisions
Dispute between Church and the state
Influenced in the division of italy
Catholics didn't have the right to vote
The Papacy felt Rome had been illegally taken from the Church
Politics were monopolised by a small, powerful elite elected by a small percentage of the population
ECONOMICAL
Development
Economy based on agriculture
they did not industrialize as much
Little technological progress or economic diversification
Lack of investment and reaserch
Low levels of funding for research and development compared to some other industrialized nations.
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Financial Imbalances
Low production
SOCIAL
Identity
Division
The people didn't consider themselves italian, they called themselves as their state.
North and South
The north was more industrialized
In the south peasants lived in poverty
Culture
Different cultures, dialects and identities
Difficult to build a united nation
Demographic Challenges
Low birth rate
No young people
Emigration
CONTEXT
For 500 years the country had been divided into different Kingdoms
1861
Became a unified state
Kingdom of Sardinia
Florence was the capital
1871
Rome became capital
Papal States that didn’t want to join if they weren’t in the capital