Organized crime and the challenge to democracy /

Organized crime and the challenge to democracy / edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert ; foreword by David Beetham. - London : Routledge, 2008. - xiv, 238 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 28 . - Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 28. .

Transferred to digital printing. Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work investigates the paradoxical situation whereby organized crime groups, authoritarian in nature and anti-democratic in practice, perform at their best in democratic countries. It uses examples from Russia, South Africa, South America, the US and the EU, and includes a case study of Italy.

Specialized.

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Organized crime.
Democracy.
Civil society.
Organized crime--Case studies.
Crime.

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