MORALS OF LEGITIMACY IN NAPLES - STREETWISE ABOUT LEGALITY, SEMI-LEGALITY AND CRIME

This article investigates the relationship of ordinary Neapolitans' mo rals of legitimacy to legality, semi-legality and crime. It argues tha t addressing this relationship empirically serves much more than the p urpose of making suggestions to be translated into law or policy. Rais ing key questions about control, value and representation, the analysi s brings to light the significance of individual morality and action t o the complex relation of domination to authority in civil society.