Organized Crime and States: The Hidden Face of Politics

by J. Briquet (Editor), G. Favarel-Garrigues (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230622869
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	09/10/2010
Series:	The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

JEAN-LOUIS BRIQUET is Directeur de Recherche and Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.
  
GILLES FAVAREL-GARRIGUES is Senior Researcher at CERI Sciences Po-CNRS, France.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii

Introduction: Violence, Crime, and Political Power Jean-Louis Briquet Gilles Favarel-Garrigues 1

1 The Pakistan Rangers: From Border Defense to Internal "Protection" Laurent Gayer 15

2 "Gangs in Uniform" in Turkey: Politics at the Articulation between Security Institutions and the Criminal World Elise Massicard 41

3 Governor Sutiyoso's "Wars on Vice": Criminal Enterprises, Islamist Militias, and Political Power in Jakarta Roman Bertrand 73

4 Shadow States: Globalization, Criminalization, and Environmental Change Rosaleen Duffy 97

5 Forging Capitalism: A Bulgarian Case-Study Nadége Ragaru 117

6 Mafia Violence and Political Power in Russia Gilles Favarel-Garrigues 147

7 Mafia and Civil Society: Economico-criminal Collusion and Territorial Control in Calabria Rocco Sciarrone 173

8 "Drift into Mafiadom"? Political Violence and Criminality in the Corsican Nationalist Movement Jean-Louis Briquet 197

9 Monetary Illegalism and Civil War: The Case of Somalia Roland Marchal 221

Index 247

Editorial Reviews

"This is just the kind of book that is presently needed. Ithas aprecise focus: delinquency and the power of the state. It transcends ethnocentricitythrough its transnational approach and breaks away from the single discipline perspective by bringing together different methods of analysis. Aseminal book on an important subject." - Jean-Paul Brodeur, Director, International Centre for Comparative Criminology, Université de Montréal

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