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Padanian nationalism is an ideology and a regionalist movement demanding more autonomy, or even independence from Italy, for Padania, a region encompassing Northern and, to some extent, part of central Italy.
Since then it has been strongly associated with "Padanian nationalism" and North Italian separatism. Padania as defined in Lega Nord's 1996 Declaration of Independence and Sovereignty of Padania goes beyond Northern Italy and includes much of Central Italy , for a greater Padania that includes more than half of the Republic of Italy (161,000 of ...
- 124,000 km² (48,000 sq mi)
- 27,800,000
- Italy
Asking since 1995 for the independence of Northern Italy, renamed Padania, the Italian party of the Northern League has endeavoured to rewrite national history: not only because it produces a narrative sharply split between North and South, but also because it draws the political consequences of a history constructed in such manner.
- Martina Avanza
- 2003
Gilberto Oneto is head of the Liber Compagnia Padana, (a cultural organization linked to the LN), aimed at diffusing the awareness of ‘Padanian’ culture and identity. 6. 6 In the 1996 national Italian election, the LN gained over 29% of the vote in each of the seven electoral constituencies in the province of Varese.
- Benito Giordano
- 1999
May 1, 2000 · Moreover, the example of the LN and its attempts to invent a ‘Padanian’ identity indicates that regionalism is a much more complex contemporary phenomenon and is not just about the historic nations of Europe making claims for greater autonomy from central States.
- Benito Giordano
- 2000
hegemonic campaign based on the introduction of an alternative national narrative: Padanian Nationalism. The invented tradition of Padanian Nationalism makes the movement unique, and thus provides us with an extraordinary understanding of the processes by which nations are created and imagined.
The Making of the Padanian Nation: Corruption, Hegemony, Globalization and Legitimacy. Celiksu, Sinan. This dissertation examines the relationship between state failures and state legitimacy in Italy. The study is based on a one-year ethnographic field research in Varese City.
