Editing Self-determination (section)

=== Sardinia ===
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Sardinian nationalism or Sardism (''Sardismu'' in [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]]; {{Lang|it|Sardismo}} in Italian<ref>[http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ricerca/?q=sardismo Sardismo, lemma, Garzanti Linguistica.]</ref>) is a social, cultural and political movement in [[Sardinia]] calling for the self-determination of the [[Sardinian people]] in a context of national [[devolution]], further [[Autonomism (political doctrine)|autonomy]] in Italy, or even outright independence from the latter. It also promotes the [[Environmental protection|protection]] [[Environmentalism|of the island's environment]] and the preservation of its [[Sardinia#Culture|cultural heritage]].

Even though the island has been characterized by periodical waves of ethnonationalist protests against [[Rome]],<ref name="Carlo Pala">Pala, C. 2015. ''Sardinia''. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. 1–3. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen319/abstract Abstract]</ref> the Sardinian movement has its origins on the [[Left-wing politics|left]] of the political spectrum;<ref>Hechter (M.), ''The Dynamics of Secession'', Acta Sociologica, vol. 35, 1992, p. 267.</ref><ref>[http://xaviercasals.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/entrevista-a-marcel-farinelli-1-corcega-y-cerdena-forman-un-archipielago-invisible-al-tener-sus-islas-nacionalismos-de-signo-opuesto/ Entrevista a Marcel Farinelli: "Córcega y Cerdeña forman un archipiélago invisible al tener sus islas nacionalismos de signo opuesto"]</ref> [[regionalism (politics)|regionalism]] and attempts for Sardinian self-determination historically countered in fact the Rome-centric [[Italian nationalism]] and [[fascism]] (which eventually managed to contain the autonomist and separatist tendencies<ref name="art.torvergata.it">[https://art.torvergata.it/retrieve/handle/2108/1380/6630/capitolo%201.pdf ''La Sardegna durante il ventennio fascista'', Università di Tor Vergata]</ref>).