Moral Basis of a Backward Society

Name: Moral Basis of a Backward Society
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ISBN: 9780029015100

ISBN-10: 0029015103

ISBN-13: 9780029015100

Edition: 1967

Authors: Edward C. Banfield, L. F. Banfield

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Looking at how nepotism and family-centric societies sacrifice the public good, Edward C. Banfield uses a study of the people of southern Italy to argue how self-interested families can lead to poverty. Analyzing families in southern Italy in 1955, Moral Basis of a Backward Society discusses how poverty is a result of the inability to trust or associate strongly outside of immediate family. Challenged and argued for years, Edward C. Banfield's study has become accept by many people in the modern age.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1967
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 2/1/1967
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English