Organized Crime and States

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.

Auteur
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.

Contenu
Introduction: Crime and State; J.L.Briquet & G.Favarel-Garrigues Pakistan Rangers: From Border Control to 'Protection' of the Interior; L.Gayer The Political Articulation of the Criminal Milieu in Security Institutions: the case of 'gangs in uniform' in Turkey; E.Massicard Governor Sutiyoso 'Wars of Vice' (1997-2007): Criminal Enterprises, Islamist Militias and Politics in Djakarta; R.Bertrand 'Shadow State': Globalization, Criminalization and Environmental Change in Belize; R.Duffy The Entrepreneurial Path of Multigroup in the Making of Bulgarian Capitalism; N.Ragaru Mafia Violence and Politics in Russia; G.Favarel-Garrigues The Mafia and Civil Society: Control of Territory and Criminal-Economic Collusion in Calabria; R.Sciarrone Political Violence and Criminal Affairism in Corsica: Is the Nationalist Movement Drifting towards the Mafia?; J.L.Briquet Monetary Illegalism and Civil War: The Case of Somalia; R.Marchal