Culture and Political Economy in Western Sicily

1st Edition - September 28, 1976
Authors: Jane Schneider, Peter Schneider
Language: English
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Culture and Political Economy in Western Sicily presents the relationship between the early colonial period, a time when Sicily exported wheat and animal products, and a later… Read more

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Culture and Political Economy in Western Sicily presents the relationship between the early colonial period, a time when Sicily exported wheat and animal products, and a later neocolonial period, during which manpower is the principal energy loss. The book discusses the rise and development of the Mafia; cultural codes that are important to contemporary social Sicilian organization; and the origins of these codes in early adaptations of the Sicilian people to externally generated political and economic forces. The text will be of value to sociologists, economists, historians, and people who want a deeper understanding of the Mafia.

ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction World Forces of the Present The Myth of Tradition The Rise of Mafia Broker Capitalism Villamaura Part I Preindustrial World-Systems Chapter 1 Land Use and Settlement in Historical and Geographical Perspective Sicily's Roles in Historical World-Systems The Relationship of Animals to Agriculture in Sicily Colonial Pressures and Settlement Patterns Causes: The Role of Environment in Latifundism Chapter 3 Political Structure under the Spanish Empire and the Emergence of Broker Capitalism Diarchy, Not Monarchy Feudalism and Isolation: Misleading Issues Royal Bureaucracies Outwitted Relations among Settlements Insecurity in the Countryside Broker Capitalism and Political Structure Chapter 4 Peasants, Herdsmen, and Rural Entrepreneurs The Mezzadria System—Different from Slavery, Serfdom, and Free Labor Latifundism and Peasant Insecurity The Problem of Fragmentation The Position of Herdsmen Compared to That of Peasants Rural Places and Rural Entrepreneurs Rural Enterprise and Kinship Chapter 5 Cultural Codes Furberia Onore Amicizia Part II Sicily in a Postindustrial World-System Chapter 6 From the Export of Wheat to the Export of Labor New Types of Pressure The Bourbon Bonifica: A Formula for Confronting the New World-System 1860-1880: The Pattern Repeated Again 1880-1900: A Closed Economy Phase of Italian Development Land Reform in the Twentieth Century The Postwar Land Reform: A Type of Welfare Industrial Development The Causes of Underdevelopment Chapter 7 Displaced Herdsmen Agrarian Reform and the Fate of Herdsmen The Herdsmen's Response to Displacement Chapter 8 The Civile Class and the Persistence of Broker Capitalism Rivalry among Civil The Civile Class and the North Italian Industrial Bourgeoisie Bossism under Giolitti Bossism in Villamaura How the Political Structure That Favored Broker Capitalism Was Preserved Administration by Prebendal Concession Since 1860 Public and Private Interests in Postwar Sicily The Structure of Commodity Markets in Postwar Sicily Tricks of the Trade Broker Capitalism and the Export of Labor Chapter 9 Mafia The Foundation of the Political Shield Recruitment to Mafia The Evolution of Mafia Domain Some Secrets of Mafia's Success The Core of Mafia Organization: The Cosca Omertà: Mafia and Ideology Explaining Mafia Mafia and the World-System Chapter 10 Modernization without Development Evidence of Change Modernization at a Price Underemployment and Fragmentation in Agriculture Underemployment and Fragmentation in Nonagricultural Sectors Educational Involution Modernization and Cultural Codes Chapter 11 Culture and Underdevelopment Alternative Cultural Codes A Look to the Future References Index