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You are invited to answer the following question in a text of between 1,800 and 2,000 words. Develop an argument using the following references. You should answer after critically reading and synthesizing the findings and arguments of the specific articles and chapters; you may wish to search for additional relevant literature. You are expected to provide at least one example for each argument you develop
What explains the disparity in growth between North and South in Italy,
SOURCES: 1. Putnam R., Leonardi R., Nanetti R. (1993).
Political traditions in modern Italy. Princeton University Press.
Princeton University, Princeton University, Princeton University: A study of institutional performance 2. Putnam
R., Leonardi R., Nanetti R. (1993). Making democracy work. Civic
traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton University Press. Chapter 6 :
Social capital and institutional success 3. Fukuyama F. (2014).
Political order and political decline. From the industrial revolution to the
the globalization of democracy. London: Profile Books LTD. Chapter 7:
Italy and the low-trust equilibrium 4. Davis, J. A. (2015). A Tale of
Two Italys; The ‘southern question’ past and present. In.
& G. Pasquino (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics.
Oxford. Chapter 5: A tale of two Italians? The
The ‘southern question’ in the past and present
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