| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP17089 |
| DP17089 State Formation, Social Unrest and Cultural Distance: Brigandage in Post-Unification Italy | |
| Giampaolo Lecce; Laura Ogliari; Tommaso Orlando | |
| 发表日期 | 2022-03-07 |
| 出版年 | 2022 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | What determines violent reaction during state formation processes? To address this question, we exploit the uprisings that occurred when southern Italy was annexed to Piedmont during Italian unification in the 1860s. We assemble a novel dataset on episodes of brigandage, a form of violent rebellion against the unitary government, and on pre-unification social and economic characteristics of southern Italian municipalities. We find that the intensity of brigandage is ceteris paribus lower in and close to settlements of Piedmontese origin. We argue that geographical distance from these communities is a proxy for cultural distance from the Piedmontese rulers. Thus, our results suggest that, in the context of state formation, cultural proximity to the new ruler reduces social unrest by local communities. After ruling out alternative mechanisms consistent with the economic literature, we provide suggestive evidence of cultural persistence and diffusion in our context, and discuss two possible culture-based drivers of our results: social identification with the Piedmontese rulers, and a clash between local values and some specific content of the new institutions. |
| 主题 | Economic History ; Political Economy |
| 关键词 | Cultural diffusion Culture Institutions Social unrest State formation |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp17089 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/546057 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Giampaolo Lecce,Laura Ogliari,Tommaso Orlando. DP17089 State Formation, Social Unrest and Cultural Distance: Brigandage in Post-Unification Italy. 2022. |
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