In 1992, the investigation of corruption and two murders created a crisis that forced the Italian government to send 7,000 troops to Sicily, to "recapture the island" from the Mafia. This case is the crisis and the efforts of both the Italian state and the city of Palermo to fight it. Also explicitly contrasts two theories of development in an attempt to explain the economic problems of the South: one cultural (proposed by Robert Putnam), and other political (as contained in the writings of Samuel Huntington, Sidney Tarrow, and Simon Piattoni). Rewritten version of the previous case. "Hide
by Bruce R. Scott, Jamie L. Matthews Source: Harvard Business School 16 pages. Publication Date: June 21, 2002. Prod. #: 702097-PDF-ENG
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