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amoral familism: a standalone construct

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Political anthropology

a label, from Banfield, for an ethos of maximizing the short-run advantage of one's nuclear family while assuming others do the same, linked to weak collective action.

In political anthropology, amoral familism refers to a label, from Banfield, for an ethos of maximizing the short-run advantage of one's nuclear family while assuming others do the same, linked to weak collective action. This meaning comes from Banfield (1958) in The moral basis of a backward society.[1]

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Banfield, E. C. (1958). The moral basis of a backward society. Research Center in Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago. ISBN 9780029015100

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