http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Backward-Society-Edward-Banfield...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moral_Basis_of_a_Backward_S...
Of course, that's a small village in "the dark heart" of southern Italy 60 years ago, which is very, very different from a larger city in the north these days, so take it with a grain of salt: it's not going to be representative of "Italy".
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http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Backward-Society-Edward-Banfield...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moral_Basis_of_a_Backward_S...
Of course, that's a small village in "the dark heart" of southern Italy 60 years ago, which is very, very different from a larger city in the north these days, so take it with a grain of salt: it's not going to be representative of "Italy".