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A concept that keeps recurring: "amoral familism".
How an Idyllic Italian Village Was Crippled by Family-Centrism -A Watershed Study Connects Nepotism to Poverty, Distrust, and Neglect of the Public Good, Zocalo
Any enduring truth in this 1950s political/social science theory, or relevance today?
It's mentioned in the essay on Italy by Giovanni Levi, in Histories of Nations, How Their Identities Were Forged (2012):
"The concept of 'amoral familism' has often been used to describe the strong attachment to the family, the over-protective role of the mother and the near-absence of the father. But these features are the consequence of a perverse tendency to take refuge in familial solidarity, clientelism, and informal and fragmentary institutions in the face of dysfunctional political and religious institutions".
It's mentioned in the essay on Italy by Giovanni Levi, in Histories of Nations, How Their Identities Were Forged (2012):
"The concept of 'amoral familism' has often been used to describe the strong attachment to the family, the over-protective role of the mother and the near-absence of the father. But these features are the consequence of a perverse tendency to take refuge in familial solidarity, clientelism, and informal and fragmentary institutions in the face of dysfunctional political and religious institutions".
On Edward C. Banfield and his thought (Contemporary Thinkers)
Edward C. Banfield, An Online Resource
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