1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006073540403321

Autore

Amin, Samir <1931- >

Titolo

Human resources Employment and Development Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress of the International Economic Association held in Mexico City, 1980 / Samir Amin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Martins's, 1984

Descrizione fisica

307 p. ; 21 cm

Disciplina

338.9

Locazione

DECTS

Collocazione

ISVE A02-85

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458997803321

Autore

Varese Federico

Titolo

Mafias on the move [[electronic resource] ] : how organized crime conquers new territories / / Federico Varese

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-00127-6

9786613001276

1-4008-3672-7

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

364.106

Soggetti

Mafia - History

Organized crime - History

Transnational crime - History

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One: Introduction -- Two: Mafia Transplantation -- Three: The `Ndrangheta in Piedmont and Veneto -- Four: The Russian Mafia in Rome and Budapest -- Five: Lessons from the Past: Sicilian Mafiosi in New York City and Rosario, circa 1880-1940 -- Six: The Future of the Mafias? Foreign Triads in China -- Seven: Mafia Origins, Transplantation, and the Paradoxes of Democracy -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West. As Federico Varese explains in this compelling and daring book, the truth is more complicated. Varese has spent years researching mafia groups in Italy, Russia, the United States, and China, and argues that mafiosi often find themselves abroad against their will, rather than through a strategic plan to colonize new territories. Once there, they do not always succeed in establishing themselves. Varese spells out the conditions that lead to their long-term success, namely sudden market expansion that is neither exploited by local rivals nor blocked by authorities. Ultimately the inability of the state to govern economic transformations gives mafias their opportunity. In a series of matched comparisons, Varese charts the attempts of the Calabrese 'Ndrangheta to move to the north of Italy, and shows how the Sicilian mafia expanded to early twentieth-century New York, but failed around the same time to find a niche in Argentina. He explains why the Russian mafia failed to penetrate Rome but succeeded in Hungary. In a pioneering chapter on China, he examines the challenges that triads from Taiwan and Hong Kong find in branching out to the mainland. Based on ground-breaking field work and filled with dramatic stories, this book is both a compelling read and a sober assessment of the risks posed by globalization and immigration for the spread of mafias.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698064903321

Autore

Lake Mark S

Titolo

Stability and dynamic analysis of a slender column with curved longitudinal stiffeners [[electronic resource] /] / Mark S. Lake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hampton, Va. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, , [1989]

Descrizione fisica

vi, 59 pages : digtial, PDF file

Collana

NASA technical memorandum ; ; 101636

Soggetti

Large space structures (Astronautics) - Design and construction

Columns

Computer programs

Dynamic characteristics

Stiffening

Structural stability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 10, 2009)

"August 1989."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48).