Saints and Fireworks: Religion and Politics in Rural Malta

ISBN-13: 9780367717087 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 180 str.

Jeremy Boissevain

Opis

Malta's recent independence was achieved despite a confusion of internal conflicts which must appear puzzling to the outsider.

Spis treści

THE BACKGROUND I THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: STATE, CHURCH AND POLITICAL PARTY 15 THE VILLAGES AND THEIR INHABITANTS 27 THE BASIS OF LEADERSHIP 40 THE CHURCH AND VILLAGE POLITICS 55 FESTA PARTITI 74 NATIONAL POLITICS AND THE VILLAGE. 97 THE VILLAGE AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD 120 CONCLUSION 134 APPENDICES: A. Festa and Band Club Partiti 141 B. 1962 Electoral Manifesto of the Malta Labour Party 143 BIBLIOGRAPHY 145 OTHER WORKS CITED 148 INDEX 149

O autorze

Dr Boissevain is Lecturer in Social Anthropology in the University of Montreal.