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Crime, Networks and Power

Transformation of Sicilian Cosa Nostra

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Vincenzo Scalia

    1. University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom

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  • Examines the relationship between politics, economics and the mafia

  • Develops the original idea that the Cosa Nostra follows the patterns of capitalist transformation

  • Presents an interdisciplinary perspective combining criminology, sociology and labour sociology

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Vincenzo Scalia
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Research of the Giuseppe Impastato Research Centre on the Mafia Phenomenon: More Than Thirty Years of Meticulous Study

    • Vincenzo Scalia
    Pages 7-24

  4. The Mafia in the Post-Fordist Era

    • Vincenzo Scalia
    Pages 25-40

  5. Organised Crime or White-Collar Crime? The Case of the Sicilian Mafia

    • Vincenzo Scalia
    Pages 41-50

  6. The Sicilian Mafia Under Post-Fordism

    • Vincenzo Scalia
    Pages 51-71

  7. The Expansion of the Mafia in the Romagna Riviera

    • Vincenzo Scalia
    Pages 73-93

  8. A Marriage of Necessity: Critical Criminology and the Study of Mafia Phenomena

    • Vincenzo Scalia
    Pages 95-119

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 121-124
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About this book

This book develops the idea that the Cosa Nostra Sicilian mafia likes and, more than any other criminal organization, follows the patterns of capitalist transformation. The author presents analysis of the mafia under post-fordism capitalism, showing how they rely on increasingly more flexible networks for reasons of both cost and dodging police control, as well as changing their core businesses in relation to the risk that some activities, such as drug trafficking, are likely to incur.


Combining sociology, criminology and labour sociology, the book provides an interpretation of Cosa Nostra which focuses on the connection between legal and illegal economies and politics, thus doing away with the idea that organized crime is always an external entity to society. An authoritative and original study, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of criminal justice, politics and economics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom

    Vincenzo Scalia

About the author

Vincenzo Scalia is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Winchester, UK. His interests range from criminological theory to organized crime and also include police culture, urban security and terrorism. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Crime, Networks and Power

  • Book Subtitle: Transformation of Sicilian Cosa Nostra

  • Authors: Vincenzo Scalia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46236-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46235-6Published: 28 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83474-0Published: 29 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46236-3Published: 15 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 124

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Organized Crime, Transnational Crime, Crime and Society, Policing, European Politics

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