 After and Beyond Amoral Familism: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Social Capital Italian-styleRaimondo Catanzaro South European Society and Politics, 2018, vol. 23, issue 1, 47-62 Abstract: The economic crisis that began with the great crash of 2008 has brought about a significant increase in inequality in Italy between individuals and families as well as between different geographic areas. A higher degree of inequality has had negative effects on social capital, reducing so-called bridging and linking elements of social capital while strengthening bonding elements, with a concomitant decline in civic culture. These effects can be dangerous for democracy, in so far as they lower the citizens’ trust in institutions. Since social capital is created as well as destroyed by political and social actors, a relevant question is whether these actors have had a role in transforming social capital into trust in institutions. From an analysis of the changes that have taken place in the Italian political system, it would appear that a significant segment of the political system has destroyed more institutional social capital than it has helped to create. Date: 2018 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:23:y:2018:i:1:p:47-62 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2018.1435386 Access Statistics for this article South European Society and Politics is currently edited by Susannah Verney More articles in South European Society and Politics from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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