Mafia for Beginners by Arnd Schneider

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Mafia for Beginners by Arnd Schneider

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Zusammenfassung

Traces the origins of the Mafia back to 19th-century rural Sicily. The Mafia is shown always to have been an exploitative manipulator of the State. Recent events could lead you to suppose that the Mafia is at last finished. This book considers the reorganization and rebirth of a new global Mafia.

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Mafia for Beginners by Arnd Schneider

How rich and powerful is the US Mafia? Contrary to popular assumption, it is puny in comparison with the Sicilian original. Immense wealth and real political power remain in the hands of Sicilian godfathers and their clientele network. This book traces the origins of the Mafia back to the rural society of Sicily in 19th-century post-unification Italy. The Mafia is shown always to have been an exploitative and systematic manipulator of the State and emerges as a "parallel capitalism" and "parallel State". The arrest of top Mafia boss Salvatore Riina combined with the sensational investigations into the Christian Democrats' 40 years of corrupt one-party rule could lead you to suppose that the Mafia is at last finished. But is it? This book considers the reorganization and rebirth of a new global Mafia.

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ISBN 13 9781874166207
ISBN 10 187416620X
Titel Mafia for Beginners
Autor Arnd Schneider
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Icon Books
Erscheinungsjahr 1995-03-01
Seitenanzahl 176
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