Village politics and the Mafia in Sicily
By: Filippo Sabetti.
Edition: [2nd ed.]
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Local government -- Italy -- Sicily; Political participation -- Italy -- Sicily; Power (Social sciences); Sicily (Italy) -- Social conditions
Description: "In Village Politics and the Mafia in Sicily Filippo Sabetti details the emergence, evolution, and collapse of a local mafia and antimafia in a historical, "before-after" perspective, providing an in-depth analysis of the effect of the abolition of feudalism in 1812, the unification of Italy in 1860, and subsequent regime changes on village politics in Sicily.

Refocusing the study of village politics and the mafia by extending rational choice institutionalism to Italian history and politics, Sabetti shows what can happen when those acting for the state regard ordinary people as passive voices in the game of life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-277) and index.
Originally published in 1984 under the title: Political authority in a Sicilian village.