03646nam 22007454a 450 991078443110332120200520144314.01-134-20149-41-280-22514-997866102251490-203-42641-X(CKB)1000000000359394(EBL)182745(OCoLC)437055873(SSID)ssj0001147811(PQKBManifestationID)12531936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001147811(PQKBWorkID)11141520(PQKB)10320280(SSID)ssj0000216270(PQKBManifestationID)11216886(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216270(PQKBWorkID)10196885(PQKB)11694006(MiAaPQ)EBC182745(Au-PeEL)EBL182745(CaPaEBR)ebr10162492(CaONFJC)MIL22514(PPN)198453353(EXLCZ)99100000000035939420021209d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOrganized crime and the challenge to democracy[electronic resource] /edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert ; foreword by David BeethamLondon ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (243 p.)Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;28Description based upon print version of record.0-415-46727-6 0-415-36972-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;28.Organized crimeDemocracyCivil societyOrganized crimeCase studiesOrganized crime.Democracy.Civil society.Organized crime364.1/06Allum Felia1971-515077Siebert Renate1942-118145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784431103321Organized crime and the challenge to democracy3763266UNINA