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Organized crime and the challenge to democracy /

This innovative book investigates the paradoxical situation whereby organized crime groups, authoritarian in nature and anti-democratic in practice, perform at their best in democratic countries.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Allum, Felia, 1971-, Siebert, Renate, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Colección:Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 28.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Definitions and diatribes. Why is organized crime so successful? / Fabio Armao
  • Mafia and anti-mafia : the implications for everyday life / Renate Siebert
  • Transnational organized crime between myth and reality : the social construction of a threat / Monica Massari
  • The 'weakest link' : the state under siege. Organized crime, business and the state in post-Communist Russia / Sergei Plekhanov
  • Drug-trafficking and the state : the case of Colombia / Sayaka Fukumi
  • Transnational organized crime, security and the European Union / Wyn Rees
  • Civil society held to ransom. 'Once upon a time in America' : organized crime and civil society / Robert J. Kelly and Rufus Schatzberg
  • Civil resistance : society fights back ... / Ercole Giap Parini
  • For Christ's sake : organized crime and religion / Alessandra Dino
  • Organized crime and politics. Democracy and the gangs : the case of Marseilles / Paola Monzini
  • Organized crime, politics and the judiciary in post-war Italy / Jean-Louis Briquet
  • Mediated democracy : Yakuza and Japanese political leadership / Eiko Maruko
  • Conclusion : organized crime and democracy : 'uncivil' or 'civil' society? / Felia Allum and Renate Siebert.