The Politics of Organized Crime and the Organized Crime of Politics
A Study in Criminal Power- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2006
Summary
More than simply a study of the mafia, Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt's work argues that collaboration between political science and criminology is critical to understanding the real nature of organized crime and its power. Schulte-Bockholt looks at specific case studies from Asia, Latin America, and Europe as he develops a theoretical discussion—drawing on the thought of Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, and Antonio Gramsci—of the intimate connections between criminal groups and elite structures. Ranging from an historical discussion of the world drug economy to an examination of the evolution of organized crime in the former Soviet Union, the book extends into a consideration of the possible future development of organized crime in the age of advanced globalization.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2006
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-1358-5
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-5924-8
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 263
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS No access
- Preface and Acknowledgments No access
- 1. Foreword No access Pages 1 - 20
- 2. A Neo-Marxist Interpretation of Organized Crime No access Pages 21 - 38
- 3. Historical Observations on 'Clear[ly] and Present[ly] Danger'[ous]' Plant Life No access Pages 39 - 72
- 4. A Tale of Two Coups: Shanghai 1927 and La Paz 1980 No access Pages 73 - 94
- 5. Elites, Cocaine, and Power in Colombia and Peru No access Pages 95 - 148
- 6. Beyond Modern Capitalism: Soviet and Post-Soviet Organized Crime No access Pages 149 - 176
- 7. Beyond Modern Capitalism: Mercantile Piracy No access Pages 177 - 188
- 8. The Racket and New World Disorder: Control and Domination in the Age of Globalization No access Pages 189 - 206
- 9. Conclusion No access Pages 207 - 216
- Selected Bibliography No access Pages 217 - 252
- Index No access Pages 253 - 262
- About the Author No access Pages 263 - 263





