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Well maybe that's one of the first "application", but it's a well know fact that Mafia's rise was fostered by the Italian unification. Southern Italy was for t
by simo7 9y ago
Well maybe that's one of the first "application", but it's a well know fact that Mafia's rise was fostered by the Italian unification.
Southern Italy was for the most part a feudal system controlled by a traditional aristocracy.
The unification prompted by one of the Northern Italian states meant the wiping out of the existing Southern Italian aristocracy.
Northern Italian bourgeoisie and aristocracy became the new ruling classes of the new unified Italy.
Although they tried to replace the Southern Italian aristocracy with a new class of bureaucracy, the traditional feudal structure of the South and the sudden void of power made it easier for an organization like Mafia to arise.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoThis is related to what you are speaking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_Democracy_Work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_Democracy_Work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_southern_Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_southern_It... Crazy how something that happened 8 centuries ago can still have an effect.
- simonebrunozzi 9y agoThe "unified Italy" only happened in 1860/1861, and the Northern Italian state was the "Kingdom of Sardinia", which comprised mostly Sardinia, Liguria and Piedmont. Only 1.5 centuries ago. What you are referring to is the Norman conquest, which is different.
- endisukaj 9y agoMafia existed long before that though. The Camorra for example had a defined structure and was known as a phenomenon even in the Kingdom of two Sicilies.