1st Edition

The Mafia and Clientelism Roads to Rome in Post-War Calabria

By James Walston Copyright 2016
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1988, is a study of clientelism in the south of Italy, its relationship with the mafia and its importance in the context of national politics. The book explains the existence of clientelism in modern societies and its relation to the distribution of public resources. It examines the growth of political consensus in the region and whether and where clientelism can be... Read more

List of Tables;  Acknowledgements;  A Note on Sources;  Abbreviations;  Conversion Table;  Introduction;  1. Political Clientelism in Modern Societies  2. The Clientelistic State  3. Calabria  4. Cosenza  5. Reggio Calabria  6. Conclusions;  Sources and Bibliography;  Index

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