| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 476 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO ORGANIZED CRIME -- 1. Introduction -- Making sense of criminal power -- Entering a gallery of mirrors -- About this book -- 2. The Strategic Organization of Crime -- What do we know about political-criminal interaction? -- Criminal strategy and governmental power -- Individual, network or organizational strategy? -- Social bandits and primitive criminal strategy -- Criminal capabilities -- Coercion -- Corruption -- Communications -- Command and control -- Conclusion -- pt. TWO EPISODES IN CRIMINAL STRATEGY -- 3. Tammany: ̀How New York is Governed', 1869 -- 1920 -- New York's government: machine made -- Guardians of the Revolution -- Gangs of New York -- The ghost in the machine -- Boss Tweed: Lord of the Kings -- A quest for influence -- Monarch of Manhattan -- Downfall -- Honest graft -- Conclusion -- 4. Mafia Origins, 1859 -- 1929 -- Originŝ̂̂ |
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Profiting from transition -- Organizing the Sicilian mafia -- Mafia migration -- The Black Hand -- Modern Family -- Illicit government -- The Iron Prefect -- Conclusion -- 5. War and Peace in the American Mafia, 1920 -- 1941 -- War -- Prohibition as a driver of innovation -- Civil war in the American mafia -- Mediation and betrayal -- Peace -- Five Families -- Coup d'etat -- A new governmental approach -- Consolidating power -- Racketeering and union power -- Gambling innovation and political finance -- Fall of a czar -- Playing kingmaker -- Mobbing up -- The Boy Scout -- Conclusion -- 6. The Underworld Project, 1941 -- 1943 -- ̀This is a war' -- Enlisting the underworld -- Regular guys -- Lucky's break -- From watchdog to attack dog -- Invading Italy -- Local knowledge -- Creating a fifth column -- Release and exile -- Conclusion -- 7. Governing Sicily, 1942 -- 1968 -- ̀A bargain has been struck̂̂̂̂ |
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Black market rents -- "Wine and women and champagne' -- ̀Our good friends' -- Mafia separatism -- Confrontation, accommodation or withdrawal? -- The logic of mafia separatism -- Seeking Great Power protection -- Negotiating peace with the mafia -- A bandit army -- Settlement and betrayal -- Negotiating Sicily's transition -- A Sicilian political machine -- Wisdom of the Mob -- The sack of Palermo -- Conclusion -- 8. The Cuba Joint Venture, 1933 -- 1958 -- Buying into Cuba -- Rise of a strongman -- The ̀Batista Palace Gang' -- Gangsterismo -- A joint venture in government -- The Havana Mob -- Rebellion in the Mob -- Revolution in Cuba -- Conclusion -- 9. The Blue Caribbean Ocean, 1959 -- 1983 -- ̀A gangland style killing' -- Accommodation or confrontation? -- Internationalizing Murder, Inc. -- Seeking protection -- Subversion and its unintended consequences -- What went wrong at the Bay of Pigs?̂̂̂s been struck̂̂̂̂ |
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Learning from the Mob? -- Cold War wildcard: the Missile Crisis -- Did the magic button backfire? -- The Bahamas and the birth of offshore capitalism -- Invading Haiti -- Casino capitalism -- Ballots, not bullets -- Epilogue: a city by the Atlantic -- Conclusion -- pt. THREE THE MARKET FOR GOVERNMENT -- 10. Strategic Criminal Positioning -- The market for government -- Intermediation: mafia logic -- Autonomy: warlordism and gang rule -- Merger: joint ventures -- Strategic alliances -- Terrorism as criminal positioning strategy -- Relocation and blue ocean strategy -- 11. Innovation, Disruption and Strategy beyond the State -- Innovation and disruption -- Mexico: from narcocartels to narcocults -- The shifting sands of the Sahel -- The disruption of sovereignty -- Implications -- War and strategy beyond the state -- Combating criminal governmentality -- Managing criminal spoilers in peace and transition processeŝ̂̂uck̂̂̂̂ |
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Envoi: the rise of criminal statecraft |
| Summary |
An exploration of a world in which states and mafias compete in a ""market for government, "" and not only states, but also some criminal groups make war |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-447) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Organized crime.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Organized crime
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Organisiertes Verbrechen
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190694708 |
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019069470X |
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