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Weaknesses of Liberal Italy - Coggle Diagram
Weaknesses of Liberal Italy
Political problems
Conflicting foreign policies ambitions
They wanted nationalism but also alliances with other countries and that created conflict between their politicians
They had a rapid turnover in their decision making and were very undecisive
Deep divisions
Politicians started to close down trade unions and banned parties like PSI
Division of the Catholic church, break down between the country and the church
Alienated working class
Corrupt government
Limited franchise
Italian political life was very unstable since coalitions fell apart quickly
They had a fascist dictatorship and their political system was dominated by the upper and middle class
Social problems
There was a lack of national identity, so many people didn´t feel like they belonged in the society and a reason for that was the division of the country, no sense of culture
Hostility of the Catholic church
In the south, the peasants lived in poverty, whilein the north there was industrialization
The Italian Nationalist Association movement glorified war
Economic problems
After the war, Italy was left in really bad financial conditions and experience homelessness, hunger and unemployment
The Kingdoms in which it was divided were economically focused on agriculture so that put them in a very vulnerable position since at any moment the agriculture could have a break down
The poverty was worse in the South