Ebook: Reversible destiny : mafia, antimafia, and the struggle for Palermo
Author: Schneider Peter T., Schneider Jane
- Tags: Mafia -- Italy -- Palermo -- History. Palermo (Italy) -- History. Palermo (Italy) -- Politics and government. TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Mafia. Politics and government Italy -- Palermo. Maffia. Palermo.
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: University of California Press
- City: Berkeley, Palermo., Palermo (Italy), Italy--Palermo
- Language: English
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Reversible Destiny traces the history of the Sicilian mafia to its nineteenth-century roots and examines its late twentieth-century involvement in urban real estate and construction as well as drugs. Based on research in the regional capital of Palermo, this book suggests lessons regarding secretive organized crime: its capacity to reproduce a subculture of violence through time, its acquisition of a dense Read more...
Abstract: Reversible Destiny traces the history of the Sicilian mafia to its nineteenth-century roots and examines its late twentieth-century involvement in urban real estate and construction as well as drugs. Based on research in the regional capital of Palermo, this book suggests lessons regarding secretive organized crime: its capacity to reproduce a subculture of violence through time, its acquisition of a dense connective web of political and financial protectors during the Cold War era, and the sad reality that repressing it easily risks harming vulnerable people and communities