Organized crime and the challenge to democracy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert ; foreword by David Beetham
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| Titolo: |
Organized crime and the challenge to democracy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert ; foreword by David Beetham
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1/06 |
| Soggetto topico: | Organized crime |
| Democracy | |
| Civil society | |
| Altri autori: |
AllumFelia <1971->
SiebertRenate <1942->
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Organized crime and the challenge to democracy |
| ISBN: | 1-134-20149-4 |
| 1-280-22514-9 | |
| 9786610225149 | |
| 0-203-42641-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784431103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; ; 28.