'Ndrangheta : the glocal dimensions of the most powerful Italian mafia /

'Ndrangheta : the glocal dimensions of the most powerful Italian mafia /

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Author / Creator:Sergi, Anna, author.
Imprint:Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Description:1 online resource : map
Language:English
Series:Palgrave pivot
Palgrave pivot.
Subject:
'Ndrangheta.
'Ndrangheta.
Mafia -- Italy -- Calabria.
Mafia.
Italy -- Calabria.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12455222
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Other authors / contributors:Lavorgna, Anita, author.
ISBN:9783319325859
331932585X
9783319325842
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2016).
Summary:This book presents an historical and sociological account of the Italian mafia-type organisation known as the ℓ́ℓndrangheta. It draws together diverse perspectives on the various ℓ́ℓndrangheta clans and their behavioural models, focusing specifically on their organisational skills, their bonds with Calabrian society and Calabrian communities around the world, their mobility, and their characterisation as poly-crime organisations. The authors demonstrate that ℓ́ℓndrangheta clans have an innovative way of being and doing mafia work through a dense network of relationships both in the ℓ́ℓupperworldℓ́ℓ and in the ℓ́ℓunderworldℓ́ℓ, a particularly acute sense of business, a reputation built on the protection of blood and family ties, and, last but not least, a symbiotic relationship and camouflage within Calabrian society. By focusing on both the structures and the activities of the clans and with findings based on judicial documents, this book explores why the ℓ́ℓndrangheta is today labeled as ℓ́ℓthe most powerful Italian mafiaℓ́ℓ. It will be of great interest to upper-level students and scholars of organised crime and sociology. Anna Sergi is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Essex, UK. Her research interests and publications include mafia, organised crime, comparative policing, criminal law and criminal justice systems. She is also the Chair of the British Society of Criminology Early Career Researchers Networks. Anita Lavorgna is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research interests and publications include organised crime, cybercrime, and crime prevention.
Other form:Print version: Sergi, Anna. 'Ndrangheta : The Glocal Dimensions of the Most Powerful Italian Mafia. Cham : Springer International Publishing, ©2016 9783319325842
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures ; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Part I: Structures and Governance; Chapter 2: Calabria and the 'Ndrangheta; Introduction; Historical Background of the Evolution of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria; Capital Accumulation Between Violence and Entrepreneurship; Politics, Masonic Alliances, and Concurrent Governance; 'Ndrangheta and 'ndranghete Today; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: 'Ndrangheta Movements in the Centre and North of Italy; Introduction; Theorising 'ndrangheta Movements; Colonies in the North; Lombardia; Liguria; Piemonte
  • Opportunities for Profits and DelocalisationEmilia Romagna; Lazio; Veneto; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: 'Ndrangheta Movements Around the World; Introduction; Calabrian Migration and Mafia Migration Outside of Italy; The European Reach; Germany and Switzerland; World Movements Between Greed and Migration; Canada; Australia; Conclusion; References; Part II: Illegal Activities; Chapter 5: Drug Trafficking and Investments; Introduction; Entering and Dominating the Drug Trade; The Latest International Investigations into the Drug Trade; Operation New Bridge; Operation Buongustaio
  • Operations ColumbusThe Port of Gioia Tauro: Drug Importation and Distribution; Money Laundering and Investments; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Poly-crime 'Ndrangheta; Introduction; Dirty Business: Turning Waste into Profit; Going Green: Investing in Renewable Energies; Not Only Drugs: A Glance into the Food and Flowers Markets; Gambling, Frauds, and the Leisure Industry; The Roles of the Clans in the Exploitation of Migrants; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Conclusion; References; Index

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