Organized Crime and States: The Hidden Face of Politics (The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy)

In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime, ' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. In contrast to a globalizing approach to "transnational organized crime," this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. The various chapters explore empirical data showing how politico-criminal configurations emerge, are formed and allow for interactions between powerful official stakeholders and "professionals of the use of force". Links between military know-how and political power in Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey; the conversion of "violent entrepreneurs" into the Russian or Bulgarian political arena; the political racketeering activities of leaders of armed nationalist movements in Corsica; interactions between the Calabrese mafia and business; investment by the Belizean government in illegal activities; or else, monetary illegalism in the Somalia conflict ... The various chapters of this book encourage a comparative approach to the study of mafia violence in the making and running of State power Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Violence, Crime, and Political Power....Pages 1-13 The Pakistan Rangers: From Border Defense to Internal “Protection”....Pages 15-39 “Gangs in Uniform” in Turkey: Politics at the Articulation between Security Institutions and the Criminal World....Pages 41-71 Governor Sutiyoso’s “Wars on Vice”: Criminal Enterprises, Islamist Militias, and Political Power in Jakarta....Pages 73-96 Shadow States: Globalization, Criminalization, and Environmental Change....Pages 97-116 Forging Capitalism: A Bulgarian Case-Study....Pages 117-145 Mafia Violence and Political Power in Russia....Pages 147-171 Mafia and Civil Society: Economico-criminal Collusion and Territorial Control in Calabria....Pages 173-196 “Drift into Mafiadom”? Political Violence and Criminality in the Corsican Nationalist Movement....Pages 197-219 Monetary Illegalism and Civil War: The Case of Somalia....Pages 221-246 Back Matter....Pages 247-250