LEADER 04284nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910818769003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-00127-6 010 $a9786613001276 010 $a1-4008-3672-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400836727 035 $a(CKB)2560000000058469 035 $a(EBL)664616 035 $a(OCoLC)705945358 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000813507 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12379390 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000813507 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10768786 035 $a(PQKB)10553362 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000471050 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297786 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471050 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416561 035 $a(PQKB)11351652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664616 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000406740 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36727 035 $a(DE-B1597)446606 035 $a(OCoLC)979742018 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400836727 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL664616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10448507 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL300127 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000058469 100 $a20100923d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMafias on the move $ehow organized crime conquers new territories /$fFederico Varese 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (291 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15801-0 311 $a0-691-12855-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tOne: Introduction -- $tTwo: Mafia Transplantation -- $tThree: The `Ndrangheta in Piedmont and Veneto -- $tFour: The Russian Mafia in Rome and Budapest -- $tFive: Lessons from the Past: Sicilian Mafiosi in New York City and Rosario, circa 1880-1940 -- $tSix: The Future of the Mafias? Foreign Triads in China -- $tSeven: Mafia Origins, Transplantation, and the Paradoxes of Democracy -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aOrganized 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. 606 $aMafia$xHistory 606 $aOrganized crime$xHistory 606 $aTransnational crime$xHistory 615 0$aMafia$xHistory. 615 0$aOrganized crime$xHistory. 615 0$aTransnational crime$xHistory. 676 $a364.106 700 $aVarese$b Federico$0515271 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818769003321 996 $aMafias on the move$955017 997 $aUNINA