Organized crime and the challenge to democracy
By: edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert.
Contributors: Allum, Felia, 1971-; Siebert, Renate, 1942-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Organized crime.; Democracy.; Civil society.; Organized crime -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: "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 organised crime, security and the EU / Wyn Rees; title: Civil society held to ransom. "Once upon a time in America" : organized crime and civil society / Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg. Civil resistance : society fights back / Ercole Giap Parini. For Crist's sake : organized crime and religion / Alessandra Dino; title: Organized crime and politics. Democracy and the gangs : the case of Marseille / 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.