1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458014703321

Titolo

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

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910872834903321

Titolo

International Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises. 7th

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE Computer Society Press, 1998

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Disciplina

378.1734466

Soggetti

Computer integrated manufacturing systems

Concurrent engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph