Village Politics and the Mafia in Sicily: Second Edition

by Filippo Sabetti

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He suggests that the mafia emerged only in some parts of Sicily and was never a single overarching criminal organization. It arose, in fact, from a self-help tradition that eventually became corrupted and ultimately a burden on most villagers - land workers and proprietors alike. The local antimafia forces also became a drain on village life and by the middle of the 1950s both the mafia and the antimafia, far from destroying one another, had vanquished...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0773524754

ISBN13:9780773524750

Release Date:November 2002

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Length:324 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Criminology Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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