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Challenging the Mafia Mystique - Cosa Nostra from Legitimisation to Denunciation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
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Challenging the Mafia Mystique - Cosa Nostra from Legitimisation to Denunciation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
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The Sicilian Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is one of the most intriguing
criminal phenomena in the world. It is an unparalleled organised
criminal grouping that over almost two centuries has been able not
only to successfully permeate licit and illicit economy, politics
and civil society, but also to influence and exercise authoritative
power over both the underworld and the upper-world. This criminal
phenomenon has been a captivating conundrum for scholars of
different disciplines who have tried to explain with various
paradigms the reasons behind the emergence and consolidation of the
mafia. Challenging the Mafia Mystique provides an analysis of the
changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone, from legitimisation to
denunciation. Rino Coluccello highlights how, from the very
emergence of the organised criminal groups in Sicily, a culture
existed that was protective and tolerant of the mafia. He argues
that the various conceptualisations of the mafia that dominated the
public and scientific debate in the nineteenth and more than half
of the twentieth century created a mystique, which legitimised the
mafia and contributed to their success. This book will be of great
interest to scholars and students of organised crime, Italian
politics and Italian literature.
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