International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Том 10. 2003. С. 203-220
This article sets the question of state-unity, which is actual for every modern state, and discusses the foundation that is based on important things for the nation to unite as a common language and culture. A young Italian state serves as an example of the existing problem: an insufficient promotion of the Italian language together with the historically formed regionalism, and a wide spread of dialects can become a reason for political instability and for a weakness of a state unity.