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Cultural warfare and trust [[electronic resource] ] : fighting the mafia in Palermo / / Carina Gunnarson



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Autore: Gunnarson Carina Visualizza persona
Titolo: Cultural warfare and trust [[electronic resource] ] : fighting the mafia in Palermo / / Carina Gunnarson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, U.K., : Manchester University Press
New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, c2008
Edizione: Online-ausg.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
Disciplina: 302.0945/8231
Soggetto topico: Social capital (Sociology) - Italy - Palermo
Mafia - Italy - Palermo
Trust
Cooperation - Italy - Palermo
Civil society - Italy - Palermo
Education - Social aspects - Italy - Palermo
Soggetto geografico: Palermo (Italy) Politics and government
Soggetto non controllato: Mafia
Palermo
civic education
democracy
distrust
economic development
generalised trust
non-cooperation
public action
social capital
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-236) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 05; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Cultural warfare; Generalised trust and school; This study; The plan of the book; 2 The origins of generalised trust; The blessings of generalised trust; What are the origins of generalised trust?; Institutional explanations; School factors; Competing explanations; Conclusion; 3 Methods; Selection of level, schools and classes; Composition of the questionnaire; Measuring trust; The samples; The panel; Participation in the survey; 4 The Mafia; The Mafia as a parallel institution to the state
The Mafia and politics The Mafia and territorial control; Weakness of the state -cause or consequence of the Mafia?; The Mafia and mental control; Conclusion; 5 Cultural warfare; Orlando's new policy for Palermo; Orlando's decline; Increased interest in civic education; Conclusion; 6 Students' trust in political institutions; Vertical trust; Are Palermitan students more distrustful than students elsewhere?; Conclusion; 7 Students' perceptions of generalised trust; Generalised trust; Helpfulness; Trust in known people; Trust in unknown people; Conclusion; 8 Explaining generalised trust
Institutions and school Formative years; Theory and major hypotheses; Data and method; Levels of trust in 2002 and 2005; Testing the hypotheses; Conclusion; 9 The Letter Project - students' own stories; Description of the Letter Project; Students' motivation; Distribution of assignments; School life; Students' own stories about trust and faith in other people; Students' stories about their neighbourhood; Relating letters to statistics; Conclusion; 10 Conclusion; Describing trust; Explaining generalised trust; The Letter Project; Further findings; Some reflections; The need for further research
Cultural warfare Appendix: the distribution of the questionnaires; Reliability; Drop-outs and newcomers; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Cultural warfare and trust: fighting the Mafia in Palermo concentrates on a central issue in research on democratic processes: the development of generalised trust. The existence of generalised trust and confidence in a society is decisive for economic development and an effective democracy. Is it possible to fight persistent values of distrust and non-cooperation? Is it possible to support the development of generalised trust through public action and education?The book addresses these questions by examining political efforts to combat Palermo's Mafia-controlled heritage and to turn a tradition
Titolo autorizzato: Cultural warfare and trust  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-84779-700-8
1-78170-143-1
1-84779-217-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791919803321
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Serie: Perspectives on democratization.