The Modernity of the Mafia: Public Mistrust, Personalised Networks, Organised Crime
Journal Title: Соціологія: теорія, методи, маркетинг - Year 2017, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
For a long time, the Mafia had been considered an anti-modern phenomenon that would have come to an end with society’s evolution. Contrary to this expectation, the Mafia proved to be far more resilient — so much so that it could respond effectively to the challenge of globalisation. The research paper highlights how the Mafia has shown itself to be more modern than the State on account of its strategic use of personalised networks. The personalised and informal Mafia networks turned out to be much more efficient and better organised both in public mistrust societies, in which the Mafia finds its most favourable habitat to flourish, and in the vast context of globalisation, where for mal in sti tu tions have trou ble as to es tab lish ing them selves and im pos ing their rule for structural reasons.
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CHRISTIAN GIORDANO
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