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Mafia Politics
Taschenbuch von Marco Santoro
Sprache: Englisch

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This 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.
This 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.
Über den Autor
Marco Santoro is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bologna.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Mafia, Politics, and Social Theory: An Introduction

2. The 'Mafia' in 'Mafia Studies': (Re)constructing a Sociological Object

3. What is Right with the Economic Theory of the Mafia?

4. The Public Life of Mafiosi

5. The Mafioso's Gift or, Making Sense of an "Offer You Cannot Refuse"

6. Blood, Bund, and (Personal) Bonds: The Mafia as an Institutional Type

7. Mafia as an Elementary Form of Politics
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 336
Inhalt: 336 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745670683
ISBN-10: 0745670687
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 1A745670680
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Santoro, Marco
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Maße: 224 x 149 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Marco Santoro
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.12.2021
Gewicht: 0,512 kg
preigu-id: 118762208
Über den Autor
Marco Santoro is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bologna.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Mafia, Politics, and Social Theory: An Introduction

2. The 'Mafia' in 'Mafia Studies': (Re)constructing a Sociological Object

3. What is Right with the Economic Theory of the Mafia?

4. The Public Life of Mafiosi

5. The Mafioso's Gift or, Making Sense of an "Offer You Cannot Refuse"

6. Blood, Bund, and (Personal) Bonds: The Mafia as an Institutional Type

7. Mafia as an Elementary Form of Politics
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 336
Inhalt: 336 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745670683
ISBN-10: 0745670687
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 1A745670680
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Santoro, Marco
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Maße: 224 x 149 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Marco Santoro
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.12.2021
Gewicht: 0,512 kg
preigu-id: 118762208
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