Are modern democracies threatened by organized crime? Organized crime has evolved alongside capitalism, remaining one step ahead in order to profit from new and often transnational economic opportunities. It challenges social and political structures yet its strategies are strongly conditioned by the political institutions and the specific type of civil society in which they appear. This innovative volume examines the relationship between organized crime and the state, civil society and politics, and assesses the consequences and impact of organized crime on democracy. It contains chapters on...

This volume focuses on women whose lives are entangled in the workings of the Mafia. Drawing on courtroom testimonies, interviews, contemporary journalism and recent research, Renate Siebert cuts through the Mafia's myth of honouring women to expose the harsh realities for women living with, and fighting against, the Mafia.