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There can be little doubt that societies can function even in the absence of those aspects of social capital that benefit the wider society. Distrust or mere particularized trust; the lack of weak, bridging ties and reciprocity; high levels of political apathy and cynicism; and corruption may not be the ingredients of an ideal society, but they can provide the basis for the emergence of a stable equilibrium. The classic example of this situation would be the “amorial familism” as it was described by Banfield (1958). In the village of Montegrano, there is little evidence of solidarity between nonrelated village dwellers: Solidarity and reciprocity remain limited to one’s own kin. There is no confidence whatsoever in local office holders, and rightly so, as they indeed tend to use their function for the purpose of personal enrichment. The almost feudal social structure of the village is even sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church, and as Huysseune shows in his chapter, the local rulers succeeded in using the resources of the Italian central state to strengthen their hold on power.
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Stolle, D., Hooghe, M. (2003). Conclusion: The Sources of Social Capital Reconsidered. In: Hooghe, M., Stolle, D. (eds) Generating Social Capital. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979544_12
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