Patronage, Power and Poverty in Southern Italy - A Tale of Two Cities

Klappentext This book examines the Italy of the 1980s! which represents an unparalleled example of dualistic development - deeply divided between North and South. Zusammenfassung This book examines the Italy of the 1980s! which represents an unparalleled example of dualistic development - deeply divided between North and South. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Roots of Clientelistic Power: 1. Politics in the South, 1860-1943: regime change and political immobility; 2. The southern economy: modernisation without development; 3. Christian democracy in the postwar South: clientelism and the failure of reform; Part II. The Social Bases of the Machine: 4. The white-collar middle class; 5. The local entrepreneurial class; 6. The Mafia as entrepreneur: the politics of urban expansion and urban renewal; 7. The urban poor: poverty and political control; 8. The urban poor: three neighbourhood studies; 9. Why does clientelism survive?; Part III. The Prospects and the Limits of Change: 10. Naples under the left; 11. Conclusion; Statistical appendix; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Judith Chubb, Judith (Dr Chubb, Chubb Judith
• Con la collaborazione di: Suzanne Berger (Editore), Albert Hirschman (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.01.1983
• EAN: 9780521236379
• ISBN: 978-0-521-23637-9
• Pagine: 308
• Serie: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Cambridge Studies in Modern Political Economies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy