Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fabrizio Simon Author-Email: Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Palermo - Dipartimento di Studi Europei Title: La Sicilia nel primo decennio unitario. Il Partito 'Regionista' e l'impegno politico degli economisti isolani (Sicily in the first decade of Italian unification: the Partito Regionista and the political activity of Sicilian economists) Abstract: The article deals with the political activity of the Partito Regionista, a political movement which, during the first decade after Italian unification, claimed for a large self-government for Sicily within of the Italian Kingdom. The main founders and leaders of the Party were the economist Francesco Ferrara and the other exponents of the Sicilian liberal economic school who inspired, with their doctrines, the program of that political organization. Classification-JEL: B10, B30 Keywords: Sicily; self-government; Sicilian economists (Sicilia; autonomismo; economisti siciliani) Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano Pages: 81-108 Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Year: 2013 File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201306301&rivista=63 Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:21:y:2013:1:6:p:81-108