Specialità e asimmetria nel sistema regionale italiano

In the contemporary constitutional experiences there are two general models of federal system: the first is cooperative, inclusive and symmetrical, whereas the second is a-symmetrical and competitive. Moving from the perspective opened by this big dichotomy, what can we say about the experience of regional “specialty” that characterizes the Italian constitutional order? Is it totally true that it belongs to the second one or, perhaps, a different answer is nearer the truth?In this essay I will offer a general theoretical explanation of regional specialty in Italy and I will show which features of Italian special regions are related to competitive and asymmetrical federal systems and which features, on the contrary, are connected to a different institutional logic.