The Politics of Organized Crime and the Organized Crime of Politics: A Study in Criminal Power

by Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt

Overview

More than simply a study of the mafia, Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt's work argues that collaboration between political science and criminology is critical to understanding the real nature of organized crime and its power. Schulte-Bockholt looks at specific case studies from Asia, Latin America, and Europe as he develops a theoretical discussion-drawing on the thought of Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, and Antonio Gramsci-of the intimate connections between criminal groups and elite structures. Ranging from an historical discussion of the world drug economy to an examination of the evolution of organized crime in the former Soviet Union, the book extends into a consideration of the possible future development of organized crime in the age of advanced globalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739159248
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	03/07/2006
Series:	Critical Perspectives on Crime and Inequality
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	869 KB

About the Author

Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 A Neo-Marxist Explanation of Organized Crime
Chapter 3 Historical Observations on 'Clear[ly] and Present[ly] Danger[ous]' Plant Life
Chapter 4 A Tale of Two Coups: Shanghai 1927 and La Paz 1980
Chapter 5 Elites, Cocaine, and Power in Colombia and Peru
Chapter 6 Beyond Modern Capitalism: Soviet and Post-Soviet Organized Crime
Chapter 7 Beyond Modern Capitalism: Mercantile Piracy
Chapter 8 The Racket and New World Disorder: Control and Domination in the Age of Globalization
Chapter 9 Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

For years I have known, followed and much admired Alfredo's frontline reporting on drug wars, especially those in and around the Andes against coca. He has found and well documented a heart of darkness in his and my field, criminal justice or criminology, globally. Every student of crime and criminal justice should know what he reports in this enormously important report on organized crime and corruption in the Americas.

Hal Pepinsky

For years I have known, followed and much admired Alfredo's frontline reporting on drug wars, especially those in and around the Andes against coca. He has found and well documented a heart of darkness in his and my field, criminal justice or criminology, globally. Every student of crime and criminal justice should know what he reports in this enormously important report on organized crime and corruption in the Americas.--Hal Pepinsky, Professor of Criminal Justice, Indiana University, Bloomington, and Walden University

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