The article explores how Italian Christian Democrats imagined and debated the future of Italy between the early 1960s and 1968, in light of the country’s rapid modernization during the years of the economic “miracle”, the “Opening to the left” and the center-left governments. At the time, the issue of reforms and planning gained pivotal importance in the Italian political debate. The article offers a threefold perspective. In the first place, it analyzes the post-war era, up to the 1970s, as a global “golden age” for planning. Against this backdrop, it focuses on the debate on planning that took place within Italian Christian Democracy at the time, especially at the 1961 and 1962 conferences in San Pellegrino, identifying the diverse and often conflicting views that contributed to shape CD’s planning policies. Secondly, the article examines the electoral propaganda effort of the party up to the mid-1960s, which was centered on such themes as progress, modernization and the future. Finally, it takes into consideration the attitudes of public opinion towards the center-left governments and CD’s political proposal – a perspective which also allows to explore the expectations of Italians and their hopes for the future through the 1960s.
Il saggio esplora il dibattito sul governo dello sviluppo economico dell’Italia e, in questa chiave, la visione del futuro del paese elaborata dalla DC negli anni Sessanta, nel quadro dell’esperimento di centro-sinistra. Il contributo affronta tre ambiti di analisi. In primo luogo, esso prende in esame gli anni Sessanta come “età dell’oro” dell’idea di pianificazione nel contesto europeo e globale, per poi ripercorrere il dibattito su programmazione e progresso elaborato allora dalla DC, in particolare in occasione dei convegni di San Pellegrino del 1961 e del 1962. In secondo luogo, il saggio mette a fuoco le strategie di propaganda messe in campo dalla DC per rassicurare, ma anche per mobilitare i cittadini attorno alla visione di modernizzazione proposta dal partito nella prima metà degli anni Sessanta. Infine, il contributo analizza le reazioni dell’opinione pubblica italiana di fronte al centro-sinistra, alla proposta politica della DC e al futuro del paese; in questa prospettiva, esso esamina le crescenti difficoltà incontrate dal dibattito sulla programmazione e il rimodularsi di aspettative e fiducia nel futuro, a vari livelli, nell’ultimo scorcio del decennio.
Il futuro nelle nostre mani. La DC, il centro sinistra e la sfida della programmazione / Ciglioni, Laura. - In: MONDO CONTEMPORANEO. - ISSN 1825-8905. - 2-3(2022), pp. 97-131.
Il futuro nelle nostre mani. La DC, il centro sinistra e la sfida della programmazione
Laura Ciglioni
2022
Abstract
The article explores how Italian Christian Democrats imagined and debated the future of Italy between the early 1960s and 1968, in light of the country’s rapid modernization during the years of the economic “miracle”, the “Opening to the left” and the center-left governments. At the time, the issue of reforms and planning gained pivotal importance in the Italian political debate. The article offers a threefold perspective. In the first place, it analyzes the post-war era, up to the 1970s, as a global “golden age” for planning. Against this backdrop, it focuses on the debate on planning that took place within Italian Christian Democracy at the time, especially at the 1961 and 1962 conferences in San Pellegrino, identifying the diverse and often conflicting views that contributed to shape CD’s planning policies. Secondly, the article examines the electoral propaganda effort of the party up to the mid-1960s, which was centered on such themes as progress, modernization and the future. Finally, it takes into consideration the attitudes of public opinion towards the center-left governments and CD’s political proposal – a perspective which also allows to explore the expectations of Italians and their hopes for the future through the 1960s.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.