Autonomist concepts of Alcide De Gasperi from Mitteleuropa to the Trentino- Alto Adige Region
Journal title VENTUNESIMO SECOLO
Author/s Maddalena Guiotto
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/58
Language Italian Pages 21 P. 60-80 File size 102 KB
DOI 10.3280/XXI2026-058004
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Alcide De Gasperi’s views about autonomy were clearly based on the institutional, political and cultural models he had experienced during the fi rst few decades of his career within the Habsburg Monarchy, that was constructed on quite diff erent lines from the kingdom of Italy. The Habsburg Monarchy was characterized by a constant tug-of-war between the concept of national autonomy, designed to safeguard the ethnic character of local and regional communities, and the claims of the central government that insisted on its paramountcy to safeguard its sovereignty and security. Both elements are clearly visible in the thought and action of De Gasperi also after the Second World War, when he strove to introduce the concept of regionalism into the Italian Constitution in general but managed to create a few regions with special statutes, among them in particular the Autonomous Region Trentino-Alto Adige.
Keywords: Habsburg Central Europe; autonomy; ethnic group; nationality; region Trentino-Alto Adige.
Maddalena Guiotto, Il pensiero autonomista di Alcide De Gasperi dalla Mitteleuropa alla regione Trentino-Alto Adige in "VENTUNESIMO SECOLO" 58/2026, pp 60-80, DOI: 10.3280/XXI2026-058004