Menace to Society: Political-Criminal Collaboration Around the World

ISBN-13: 9781138527973 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 308 str.

Roy Godson

Opis

One of the more dangerous contemporary threats to the quality of life is the collaboration of the political establishment with the criminal underworld - the political-criminal nexus (PCN). This work aims to develop a framework for making generalizations about this contemporary scourge.

Spis treści

1. The Political-Criminal Nexus and Global Security, 2. Broken Bonds: Mafia and Politics in Sicily, 3. Drugs and Democracy in Colombia, 4. An American Way of Crime and Corruption, 5. Slicing Nigeria’s “National Cake”, 6. Mexico’s Legacy of Corruption, 7. Russia and Ukraine: Transition or Tragedy?, 8. Minimizing Crime and Corruption in Hong Kong, 9. Black Gold Politics: Organized Crime, Business, and Politics in Taiwan, About the Contributors, Index

O autorze

Roy Godson