Mafias on the Move : : How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories / / Federico Varese.
Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West. As Federico Varese explains...
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Varese, Federico, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Mafias on the Move : How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories / Federico Varese. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource (288 p.) : 9 halftones. 3 line illus. 16 tables. 4 maps. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One: Introduction -- Two: Mafia Transplantation -- Three: The `Ndrangheta in Piedmont and Veneto -- Four: The Russian Mafia in Rome and Budapest -- Five: Lessons from the Past: Sicilian Mafiosi in New York City and Rosario, circa 1880-1940 -- Six: The Future of the Mafias? Foreign Triads in China -- Seven: Mafia Origins, Transplantation, and the Paradoxes of Democracy -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West. As Federico Varese explains in this compelling and daring book, the truth is more complicated. Varese has spent years researching mafia groups in Italy, Russia, the United States, and China, and argues that mafiosi often find themselves abroad against their will, rather than through a strategic plan to colonize new territories. Once there, they do not always succeed in establishing themselves. Varese spells out the conditions that lead to their long-term success, namely sudden market expansion that is neither exploited by local rivals nor blocked by authorities. Ultimately the inability of the state to govern economic transformations gives mafias their opportunity. In a series of matched comparisons, Varese charts the attempts of the Calabrese 'Ndrangheta to move to the north of Italy, and shows how the Sicilian mafia expanded to early twentieth-century New York, but failed around the same time to find a niche in Argentina. He explains why the Russian mafia failed to penetrate Rome but succeeded in Hungary. In a pioneering chapter on China, he examines the challenges that triads from Taiwan and Hong Kong find in branching out to the mainland. Based on ground-breaking field work and filled with dramatic stories, this book is both a compelling read and a sober assessment of the risks posed by globalization and immigration for the spread of mafias. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021) Crime and globalization. Mafia History. Organized crime History. Transnational crime History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology. bisacsh 'Ndrangheta. Budapest. China. Chinese triads. Hong Kong. Italian mafia. Italian migration. Italian organized crime. Italy. Mafiosi. New York City. Prohibition. Reggio Calabria. Rome. Rosario. Russian mafia. Russian mobsters. Sicilian mafia. Sicily. Solntsevo fraternity. Solntsevskaya. Taiwan. cartels. corruption. criminal multinational corporations. criminal protection. democracy. entrenchment. generalized trust. globalization. immigration. liberalization. mafia emergence. mafia families. mafia transplantation. mafia. mafioso. open borders. organized crime. private protection. protection money. transnational organized crime. triads. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691158013 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400836727?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400836727 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400836727.jpg |
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