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Challenging the Mafia Mystique
Rino Coluccello
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Description for Challenging the Mafia Mystique
Hardcover. This book provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone from legitimisation to denunciation. It argues that conceptualisations of the mafia in public and scientific debate, during the nineteenth and more than half of the twentieth century, created a mystique that legitimised the mafia and contributed to their success. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSV; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
The Sicilian Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is one of the most intriguing criminal phenomena in the world. It is an unparalleled organised criminal grouping that over almost two centuries has been able not only to successfully permeate licit and illicit economy, politics and civil society, but also to influence and exercise authoritative power over both the underworld and the upper-world. This criminal phenomenon has been a captivating conundrum for scholars of different disciplines who have tried to explain with various paradigms the reasons behind the emergence and consolidation of the mafia.
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The Sicilian Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is one of the most intriguing criminal phenomena in the world. It is an unparalleled organised criminal grouping that over almost two centuries has been able not only to successfully permeate licit and illicit economy, politics and civil society, but also to influence and exercise authoritative power over both the underworld and the upper-world. This criminal phenomenon has been a captivating conundrum for scholars of different disciplines who have tried to explain with various paradigms the reasons behind the emergence and consolidation of the mafia.
Challenging the Mafia Mystique provides an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137280497
SKU
V9781137280497
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Ref
99-15
About Rino Coluccello
Salvatore Coluccello is Senior Lecturer at the School of International Studies and Social Science, Coventry University, UK.
Reviews for Challenging the Mafia Mystique
“Rino Coluccello’s Challenging the Mafia Mystique weaves together history, sociological research, and popular literature to provide a deft analysis of the evolution and history of the mafia in Italy. … Challenging the Mafia Mystique will certainly appeal to American mafia and organized crime scholars, since there are many parallels that can and have been made between the Italian and American ... Read more