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New Anthropologies of Italy
Anthropologists working in Italy are at the forefront of scholarship on several topics including migration, far-right populism, organised crime and heritage. This book heralds an exciting new frontier by bringing together some of the leading ethnographers of Italy and placing together their contributions into the broader realm of anthropological history, culture and new perspectives in Europe.
Excellent Cadavers
Excellent Cadavers (a term used in Sicily to distinguish the assassination of prominent government officials from the hundreds of common criminals killed in the course of routine mafia business) tells of the remarkable investigation spearheaded by Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the two Sicilian prosecutors who in the 1980s took the war against the Mafia further than anyone had ever dared. In 1992, aware that the two magistrates were without the complete support of the Italian government, the Mafia assassinated them. In death they were hailed as national heroes; the massive public outcry demanded their investigations be completed. The outcome: the toppling of crucial alliances that had forged political rule in Italy since WWII and the criminal indictment of Italy's most prominent leaders.
Challenging the Mafia Mystique
The Sicilian Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is one of the most intriguing criminal phenomena in the world. It is an unparalleled organised criminal grouping that over almost two centuries has been able not only to successfully permeate licit and illicit economy, politics and civil society, but also to influence and exercise authoritative power over both the underworld and the upper-world. This criminal phenomenon has been a captivating conundrum for scholars of different disciplines who have tried to explain with various paradigms the reasons behind the emergence and consolidation of the mafia. Challenging the Mafia Mystique provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone, from ...
Il Sistema colpisce ancora
Cinque anni fa, Luca Palamara ha svelato la storia segreta della magistratura e il gioco continuo tra affari e politica. Un libro scandalo che ha provocato un terremoto nella giustizia italiana. Quello che è successo dopo dimostra che il Sistema esiste ancora. La piaga delle detenzioni e dei processi ingiusti non dà alcun segno di guarigione. Come se non bastasse, la magistratura ha sempre detto di non voler fare politica, ma poi continua a utilizzare le correnti, in origine garanzia di pluralismo e indipendenza, per dettare le regole del gioco delle spartizioni e delle nomine. Dopo il dirompente libro-confessione Il Sistema, Luca Palamara e Alessandro Sallusti raccontano una controstoria ...
New Left Review
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Camorristi, Politicians, and Businessmen
This work presents a detailed study of the political role of a criminal organization, the Neapolitan Camorra, in its historical context, that of Naples over the last fifty years. In Campania, until 1991, the population tacitly accepted the relationship between the Camorra and the local political elite (based on the exchange of votes for state contracts and protection), and because of the lack of reliable sources it could not seriously be studied by political scientists. In 1991, however, a law was passed which gave generous remission of sentences to criminals who wanted to cooperate with the police. Following this, many members of the Camorra revealed important aspects of the criminal, economic and political activities of their organization. This new information has permitted a re-examination of the Camorra and has provided material for the story to be told.
The Economist
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Berlusconi's Shadow
As one of the first investigative journalists to publicly question Berlusconi's fitness for government, Economist writer David Lane helped sparked an uproar in Italy. Now, after years of research and using many unique documents and material, including numerous in-depth interviews with senior magistrates, top lawyers and a former President, he reveals the truth about Berlusconi's life and career: his dubiously acquired wealth and secret offshore companies; his shadowy business associates; his links with noted mafia figures; his extreme right-wing contacts and lingering sympathy for the high days of Italian Fascism; his scandalous manipulation of the legal system; and the staggering conflicts of interest that enable him to exploit his money and media to silence opposition. Berlusconi's Shadow is also an exploration of the dark underside of Italy today: a nation still steeped in violence and corruption, where bribery and backhanders are commonplace and the Mafia seems unstoppable. It is a crisis which, Lane shows, matters now more than ever and we cannot afford to ignore.
Le mani sulla città
Milano-Italia. Abbiamo fatto una città! Lo dicono loro: centinaia di uomini della 'ndrangheta che vivono tra noi. Frequentano gli stessi bar, e probabilmente il supermercato dove facciamo la spesa l'hanno costruito loro. Ma noi continuiamo a ignorarlo. Quello che stupisce è lo stile di vita. Vite da ricchi, condotte nella più totale normalità. Auto da centomila euro e vestiti firmati. Imprenditori dalla faccia pulita come copertura. Avvocati un tempo insospettabili. Giovani ragazzi milanesi che diventano corrieri della droga. Storie straordinarie e incredibili, tutte raccontate con nomi e cognomi. Succede a Milano, oggi: una città che ha toccato il fondo. È questa la sfida a cui sono c...
La scomparsa di Salvatore Giuliano
Castelvetrano (Sicilia), 5 luglio 1950. Il corpo di un giovane uomo giace bocconi in un cortile del centro storico. La notizia dell'uccisione di Salvatore Giuliano fa il giro del mondo in poche ore. Ma non tutti credono alla versione raccontata dai Carabinieri. "Di sicuro c'è solo che è morto" scrive qualche giorno dopo, su "L'Europeo", un giornalista di razza come Tommaso Besozzi. Chi è veramente il "re di Montelepre"? Un Robin Hood del XX secolo che ruba ai ricchi per dare ai poveri? O un terrorista nero al soldo di mafia e servizi segreti nel periodo in cui si profila la nascita di Gladio? L'affaire Giuliano sembrava ormai consegnato agli annali della storia criminale italiana, una leg...
