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Le radici della mafia.(The roots of the mafia)

Moneta e Credito, 2014
L'autore fa risalire le origini della mafia siciliana alla struttura economica e sociale della Sicilia occidentale.Contrapponendo l'area alla parte orientale dell'isola relativamente più sviluppata e meno corrotta, l'autore identifica la transizione ...
Paolo Sylos Labini
doaj   +1 more source

On ‘Organized Crime’ in the illicit antiquities trade: moving beyond the definitional debate [PDF]

, 2013
The extent to which ‘organized crime’ is involved in illicit antiquities trafficking is unknown and frequently debated. This paper explores the significance and scale of the illicit antiquities trade as a unique transnational criminal phenomenon that is ...
AV Orlova, B Bowman, C Alder, C Alder, C Renfrew, C Schetter, D Chappell, D Gill, E Tijhuis, FE Hagan, J Robinson, Jessica Dietzler, JO Finckenauer, K Lampe Von, L Paoli, M Felson, N Brodie, N Brodie, N Brodie, N Brodie, N Charney, S Mackenzie, S Mackenzie, UN, UNESCO   +24 more
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

Attire's Identity: Video Games as a Digital Archive of Post-War American Subcultural Fashion

Fashion and Textiles Review
Purpose: The study investigates fashion representation in post-war American mafia culture, analysing protagonist attire to understand power and status expression in this culture. Methodology/Design: The study observed attires from Mafia II by using an
Md. Nahid-Ull-Islam, Shah Md. Maruf Hasan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

More Amazon than Mafia: analysing a DDoS stresser service as organised cybercrime

Trends in Organized Crime, 2020
The internet mafia trope has shaped our knowledge about organised crime groups online, yet the evidence is largely speculative and the logic often flawed.
Roberto Musotto, D. Wall
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley   +1 more source

Pemberantasan Mafia Tanah di Indonesia: Dalam Mewujudkan Keadilan dan Kepastian Hukum Bagi Pemilik Tanah

Jurnal USM Law Review
The purpose of this study is to find solutions to prevent and eradicate land mafia in Indonesia. This is because the practice of land mafia in Indonesia has been going on for a long time, and is very worrying and detrimental to the state and society. The
Yusuf Saepul Zamil, Farina Firda Eprilia, Hendri Firdaus, Triadi Maharso, Nursyah Rizal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Policies to Overcome Judicial Mafia Practices within the Supreme Court

Ius Poenale, 2020
The practice of law enforcement in Indonesia until now is still surrounded by various problems that keep the law away from its main purpose to provide justice, certainty, and benefits to the community.
Irhamy Tauhid
doaj   +1 more source

Although there is little truth behind the ‘Godfather’ stereotype, mafia infiltration remains a serious problem in Italian politics [PDF]

, 2012
From the Godfather to Tony Soprano, the idea of the Mafia continues to have a special place in Western popular culture. Francesco Calderoni argues that despite the popularity of Mafia stereotypes, relatively little research has been carried out on the ...
Calderoni, Francesco
core  

CLASS, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP: Affluent Informal Settlements and the Cultural Production of Property in Delhi

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent scholarship has examined the informal activities of elites. While existing theories suggest that informality is a realm where the state guarantees unhindered access to land and property rights and, subsequently, citizenship entitlements for elites, they have yet to explain how affluent residents of informal colonies obtain citizenship ...
Vivek Mishra
wiley   +1 more source