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Compari di san Giovanni. Matrimoni e battesimi nella mafia dell\u2019agro palermitano negli anni Venti [PDF]
Matrimonies and Baptisms in the Mafia of Palermo during the Twenties Historical sources have demonstrated that, since the origins of the Mafia, it has always had strong links with religion.
Patti, M.
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La mafia russa in Italia. Lavori in corso
Il saggio riporta parte dei risultati di una ricerca sulla presenza della mafia russa in Italia condotta nel 2013, e in corso di aggiornamento, che si è avvalsa di materiale investigativo e giudiziario.
Ombretta Ingrascì
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“Se tutto è mafia, niente è mafia”
Starting from a description of the characteristics identified by the Italian legal system for the recognition of the crime of mafia-type association (force of intimidation, associative bond, subjugation and code of silence) as defined by the 416 bis c.p., the contribution aims to produce an ethnography of the documents (Riles 2006; Hull 2012) - such as
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Cannibal Salvage Expenditure: The Subaltern Style of the Urban Peruvian Amazon
ABSTRACT This paper explores the political ecology of subaltern existence at the urban cutting edge of our apocalyptic present, in the case of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. Through an ethnographically surrealist montage of multiple elements across the themes of accumulation, architecture, and art, cannibal salvage expenditure emerges as a subversive ...
Japhy Wilson
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The effect of mafia on public transfers [PDF]
Organized crime is a worldwide, widespread phenomenon, which affects developing as well as developed countries, and entails deep economic and social consequences. The purpose of this study is to enhance our understanding of organized crime activities. By
Gaia Narciso, Guglielmo Barone
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Four Dimensions of Presidential Leadership: Rethinking Nelson Mandela's Presidency
ABSTRACT This article applies a four‐dimensional analytical framework to re‐evaluate Nelson Mandela's presidency (1994–1999). The framework distinguishes tensions and synergies across four key domains of leadership: executive and symbolic, party and state, international and domestic, and formal versus informal.
Anthony Butler
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Countering the Australian 'ndrangheta: The criminalisation of mafia behaviour in Australia between national and comparative criminal law [PDF]
Mafia-type criminal groups belonging to, or originated from, the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta from Southern Italy, have been object of recent academic research and media attention in Australia.
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This article deals with the role of the Italian Mafia Organizations in illicit firearms trafficking. The author offers an overview of several criminal investigations, especially involving ’ndrangheta and camorra affiliates, in illicit firearms ...
Salvatore Dolce
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Internationalizing studies on mafia journalism. Why including them within journalism studies
Organized crime and mafia have been studying by methods that are increasingly rigorous. Within the subfield of mafia journalism, a more solid approach appears to be less evident, despite many contributions on the subject. This article argues the need for
Sergio Splendore
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From Wild West to the Godfather: Enforcement Market Structure [PDF]
Weak states enable private enforcement but it does not always fade away in the presence of strong states. We develop a general equilibrium model of the market organization of enforcers (self-enforcers, competitive specialized enforcers or monopoly) who ...
James E. Anderson, Oriana Bandiera
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