Organized crime and the challenge to democracy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert ; foreword by David Beetham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458014703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-22514-9; 9786610225149; 0-203-42641-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; ; 28
• Altri autori (Persone): AllumFelia <1971->; SiebertRenate <1942->
• Disciplina: 364.1/06
• Soggetti: Organized crime; Democracy; Civil society; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- 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 -- '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 -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. It uses examples from the United States, Japan, Russia, South America, France, Italy and the European Union.