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Organized crime and the challenge to democracy : edited by Felia Allum and Renate Siebert ; foreword by David Beetham.

Contributor(s): Allum, Felia, 1971- | Siebert, Renate, 1942- | European Consortium for Political ResearchMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 28.Publication details: London : Routledge, 2008Description: xiv, 238 pISBN: 9780203426418 (ebook)Subject(s): Organized crime | Democracy | Civil society | Organized crime -- Case studies | Crime | Organized crime | Political structures: democracy | Crime & criminologyGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415467278Summary: 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.
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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.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415467278

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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