Description: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. The various chapters explore empirical data showing how politico-criminal configurations emerge, are formed and allow for interactions between powerful official stakeholders and professionals of the use of force. Links between military know-how and political power in Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey; the conversion of violent entrepreneurs into the Russian or Bulgarian political arena; the political racketeering activities of leaders of armed nationalist movements in Corsica; interactions between the Calabrese mafia and business; investment by the Belizean government in illegal activities; or else, monetary illegalism in the Somalia conflict . . . The various chapters of this book encourage a comparative approach to the study of mafia violence in the making and running of State power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Organized Crime and States: The Hidden Face of Politics. To get started finding Organized Crime and States: The Hidden Face of Politics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
272
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Release
2011
ISBN
1282992376
Organized Crime and States: The Hidden Face of Politics
Description: 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. The various chapters explore empirical data showing how politico-criminal configurations emerge, are formed and allow for interactions between powerful official stakeholders and professionals of the use of force. Links between military know-how and political power in Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey; the conversion of violent entrepreneurs into the Russian or Bulgarian political arena; the political racketeering activities of leaders of armed nationalist movements in Corsica; interactions between the Calabrese mafia and business; investment by the Belizean government in illegal activities; or else, monetary illegalism in the Somalia conflict . . . The various chapters of this book encourage a comparative approach to the study of mafia violence in the making and running of State power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Organized Crime and States: The Hidden Face of Politics. To get started finding Organized Crime and States: The Hidden Face of Politics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.