Economic and Personal Development in Mafia Contexts: The Role of Relational Goods

The work we present has a double purpose: sketching some thinking guidelines to overcome the typical Sicilian Mafia mindset and, at the same time, helping reinforcing the theoretical-methodological paradigm of group analysis by means of a dialogue with the concept of relational good. In this framework of dialogue and confrontation, since psychical, social and economic developments influence each other, they can determine a strong repercussion in the social context of individuals. Relational good thus becomes not only an interdisciplinary intersection, but also a tool which can significantly help fulfilling suitable programs of local development.