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The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection

by Diego Gambetta · 1993

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In a society where trust is in short supply and democracy weak, the Mafia sells protection, a guarantee of safe conduct for parties to commercial transactions. Drawing on the confessions of eight Mafiosi, Diego Gambetta develops an elegant analysis of the economic and political role of the Sicilian Mafia.

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economicseconomicsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mafiamafiaMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thisSicilySicilyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 346 pages

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