In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. INDICE: - Introduction: Crime and State; J.L.Briquet & G.Favarel-Garrigues- Pakistan Rangers: From Border Control to 'Protection' of the Interior; L.Gayer - The Political Articulation of the Criminal Milieu in Security Institutions: the case of 'gangs in uniform' in Turkey; E.Massicard - Governor Sutiyoso 'Wars of Vice' (1997-2007): Criminal Enterprises, Islamist Militias and Politics in Djakarta; R.Bertrand - 'Shadow State': Globalization, Criminalization and Environmental Change in Belize; R.Duffy - The Entrepreneurial Path of Multigroup in the Making of Bulgarian Capitalism; N.Ragaru - Mafia Violence and Politics in Russia; G.Favarel-Garrigues - The Mafia and Civil Society: Control of Territory and Criminal-Economic Collusion in Calabria; R.Sciarrone - PoliticalViolence and Criminal Affairism in Corsica: Is the Nationalist Movement Drifting towards the Mafia?; J.L.Briquet - Monetary Illegalism and Civil War: The Case of Somalia; R.Marchal -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-62286-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 03/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés