Mafia politics / Marco Santoro.
| Author/creator | Santoro, Marco, 1964- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2022. |
| Description | xv, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Abstract | Mafia PoliticsMarco SantoroThis ground-breaking book offers a deep and original analysis of the Mafia - in particular Cosa Nostra - as a distinct form of politics. Marco Santoro breaks with criminal and economic approaches which see the Mafia as an industry of private protection and rationally calculating wealth accumulation. Instead he argues that it represents an alternative way of organizing political relations, the exercise of power, and the struggle for prestige. Nor is this a distortion or failure of the modern Western state, based on the rule of law: the Mafia is best understood as an older, alternative tradition of politics, a distinctly Southern institutional arrangement of social life focused on personal ties and obligations. Today, the Mafia still thrives among subaltern classes and in regions that the modern state has not yet incorporated, as a conservative counter-politics of prestige. Pivotal to understanding this world is a cultural sociology of the Mafia, offering the tools and concepts necessary to penetrate the symbolism and structures of Mafia life.Blending diverse theoretical strands with folk sources and the voices of Mafiosi themselves, Santoro develops a political theory of the Mafia, shedding new light on this captivating, global, and remarkably resilient phenomenon. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021938677 |
| ISBN | 9780745670683 paperback |
| ISBN | 0745670687 paperback |
| ISBN | 9780745670676 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0745670679 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |