عنوان

Organized crime and the challenge to democracy /

(Number (ISBN

020342641X

(Number (ISBN

041536972X

(Number (ISBN

9780203426418

(Number (ISBN

9780415369725

Number

b764988

Title Proper

Organized crime and the challenge to democracy /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert ; foreword by David Beetham.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Series Title

Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;

Volume Designation

28

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Definitions and diatribes. 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 -- The 'weakest link' : the state under siege. 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 -- Civil society held to ransom. '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 -- Organized crime and politics. 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.

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Text of Note

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.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

TandF

Medium

FormOnline

Terms of Availability

CostPaid

Title

Organized crime and the challenge to democracy.

International Standard Book Number

041536972X

Civil society.

Democracy.

Organized crime, Case studies.

Organized crime.

Civil society.

Democracy.

Organized crime.

TRUE CRIME-- Organized Crime.

TRU-- 003000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Allum, Felia,1971-

Siebert, Renate,1942-

Date of Transaction

20201206103645.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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