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Cockayne, James,
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Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime /James Cockayne.
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Publicerad:London :Publicerad:Hurst & Co.,Publicerad:2016.
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Copyright:©2016
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xix, 476 pages ;22 cm
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LIBRIS-ID:19794943
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ISBN:9781849046350
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ISBN:1849046352
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-447) and index.
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Innehåll: Machine generated contents note:pt. ONEA 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. TWOEPISODES 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 --Origins --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 struck' --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? --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. THREETHE 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 processes --Envoi: the rise of criminal statecraft.
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