Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 28 |
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Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 28.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Analysis |
Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Organized crime.
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Democracy.
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Civil society.
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Organized crime -- Case studies
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TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime.
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Civil society
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Democracy
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Organized crime
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Allum, Felia, 1971-
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Siebert, Renate, 1942-
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LC no. |
2002155379 |
ISBN |
020342641X |
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9780203426418 |
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041536972X |
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9780415369725 |
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