Allum / Siebert Organised Crime and the Challenge to Democracy

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-20149-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allum, Felia

Siebert, Renate

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Organized crime: a challenge to Democracy?

Part I: Definitions and Diatribes

1. Why is organised crime so successful Fabio Armao

2. Mafia and anti-Mafia, the implications for everyday life Renate Siebert

3. Transnational organized crime between myth and reality: the social construction of a threat Monica Massari

Part II: 'The 'Weakest' Link: The State Under Siege

4. Organized Crime, business and the state in post-communist Russia Sergei Plekhanov

5. Drug trafficking and the state: the case of colombia Sayaka Fukumi

6. Transnational organised crime, security and the European Union Wyn Rees

Part III: Civil Society Held to Ransom

7. 'Once upon a time in America': organized crime and civil society Robert J. Kelly and Rufus Schatzberg

8. Civil resistance: society fights back. Ercole Giap Parini

9. For Christ's Sake: organised crime and religion Alessandra Dino

Part IV: Organized Crime and Politics

10. Democracy and the gangs: the case of Marseilles Paola Monzini

11. Organized crime, politics and the judiciary in post-war Italy Jean-Louis Briquet

12. Mediated democracy: Yakuza and Japanese political leadership Eiko Maruko

13. Conclusion: organized crime and Democracy: 'uncivil' or 'civil' society? Felia Allum and Renate Siebert

Über Autor(innen)

Felia Allum is a lecturer in Italian history and politics at the University of Bath, UK. Her research interests are European and Italian politics and organized crime, in particular, its relationship with politics.Renate Siebert is Professor of Sociology at the University of Calabria, Italy. Her research focuses on gender, generations, the mafia and the Mezzogiorno region in particular.