THE SICILIAN MAFIA: The Business Of Private Protection
Language: English
Published by Cambridge & London. 1996. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996
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green, orange & white decorative trade paperback soft cover 8vo. fine cond. looks new. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. tiny ding in front cover. edges clean. contents free of markings. second printing. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. vi+335p. 2 appendices. notes. bibliography. index. history of italy. politics. true crime. secret societies. conspiracy theory. ~ In a society where trust is in short supply and democracy weak, the Mafia sells protection, a guarantee of safe conduct for parties to commercial transactions. Drawing on the confessions of eight Mafiosi and other trial sources, Diego Gambetta develops an elegant analysis of the economic and political role of the Sicilian Mafia. "Diego Gambetta's analysis of the Sicilian Mafia is likely to become a classic. It uses a dazzling combination of economic theory and sociological insight to make sense of a significant but mysterious social institution. What is more, it is a good read: the analysis is backed up with a wealth of fascinating and unsensationalized anecdotes about the day~to~day workings of the Mafia." ~Robert Sugden, Journal of Economic Literature. "[Gambetta] shows in detail how protection against competition is secured and how intelligence~gathering and secrecy, violence and the securing and maintaining of reputations can be understood as a means of dealing in the special commodity of protection . Best of all is Gambetta's nuanced discussion of what maintains the organization and cohesion of the Mafia." ~ Steven Lukes, Times Literary Supplement.…
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- Title
- THE SICILIAN MAFIA: The Business Of Private Protection
- Author
- Gambetta, Diego
- Publisher
- Cambridge & London. 1996. Cambridge Univ. Press
- Publication year
- 1996
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674807421
- ISBN 13
- 9780674807426
- Seller catalogs
- history of italy, politics, secret societies
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