Trust, clientelism and state intervention in disaster relief policy: The case of Southern Italy

• Authors: Teresa Caruso
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to describe the consequences of state intervention at the local level after a destructive earthquake hit the south of Italy in 1980. The kind of intervention adopted, the amount of financial investment and the way in which it was distributed affected the social and economic equilibrium of the local community in terms of perceptions of trust, patronage and effects on development.

Keywords

EN

disaster relief; Southern Italy; clientelism; trust

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 230-245

Dates

published

2013-04-01

online

2013-03-28

Contributors

author

Teresa Caruso

• Central European University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-013-0121-9