03459nam 22006614a 450 991045536680332120211027235630.00-520-92949-71-282-35699-297866123569951-59734-870-810.1525/9780520929494(CKB)111087027175494(EBL)224325(OCoLC)475930525(SSID)ssj0000237477(PQKBManifestationID)11237716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237477(PQKBWorkID)10207822(PQKB)10973435(MiAaPQ)EBC224325(DE-B1597)519816(OCoLC)52843542(DE-B1597)9780520929494(Au-PeEL)EBL224325(CaPaEBR)ebr10051174(CaONFJC)MIL235699(EXLCZ)9911108702717549420020826d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReversible destiny[electronic resource] mafia, antimafia, and the struggle for Palermo /Jane C. Schneider [and] Peter T. SchneiderBerkeley University of California Pressc20031 online resource (357 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23609-2 0-520-22100-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Maps --Chapter 1. The Palermo Crucible --Chapter 2. The Genesis of the Mafia --Chapter 3. The Mafia and the Cold War --Chapter 4. The Cultural Production of Violence --Chapter 5. Seeking Causes, Casting Blame --Chapter 6. Mysteries and Poisons --Chapter 7. The Antimafia Movement --Chapter 8. Backlash and Renewal --Chapter 9. Civil Society Groundwork --Chapter 10. Recuperating the Built Environment --Chapter 11. "Cultural Re-education" --Chapter 12. Reversible Destiny --Notes --References --IndexReversible Destiny traces the history of the Sicilian mafia to its nineteenth-century roots and examines its late twentieth-century involvement in urban real estate and construction as well as drugs. Based on research in the regional capital of Palermo, this book suggests lessons regarding secretive organized crime: its capacity to reproduce a subculture of violence through time, its acquisition of a dense connective web of political and financial protectors during the Cold War era, and the sad reality that repressing it easily risks harming vulnerable people and communities. Charting the efforts of both the judiciary and a citizen's social movement to reverse the mafia's economic, political, and cultural power, the authors establish a framework for understanding both the difficulties and the accomplishments of Sicily's multifaceted antimafia efforts.MafiaItalyPalermoHistoryPalermo (Italy)HistoryPalermo (Italy)Politics and governmentElectronic books.MafiaHistory.364.1/06/0945823Schneider Jane1938-120689Schneider Peter T.1933-1054466MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455366803321Reversible destiny2487079UNINA