Description: Mafia Organizations The Visible Hand of Criminal Enterprise Makes sense of mafias as organizations, via a pioneering comparative analysis of seven mafia groups from around the world. Maurizio Catino (Author) 9781108476119, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 7 February 2019 356 pages 23.5 x 15.7 x 2.1 cm, 0.69 kg '… the book is an invaluable read for students and scholars in the field who will find a copious amount of fodder for their future research. One must also not forget, given the clandestine nature of mafia operations, that compiling the vast amount of disaggregated information and data on mafia families of the chosen regions is a tall order. And for that, Catino richly deserves praise. Written lucidly … the book overall is a valuable repository of scholarly knowledge on both organizational theories and the mafia.' Yugank Goyal, American Journal of Sociology How do mafias work? How do they recruit people, control members, conduct legal and illegal business, and use violence? Why do they establish such a complex mix of rituals, rules, and codes of conduct? And how do they differ? Why do some mafias commit many more murders than others? This book makes sense of mafias as organizations, via a collative analysis of historical accounts, official data, investigative sources, and interviews. Catino presents a comparative study of seven mafias around the world, from three Italian mafias to the American Cosa Nostra, Japanese Yakuza, Chinese Triads, and Russian mafia. He identifies the organizational architecture that characterizes these criminal groups, and relates different organizational models to the use of violence. Furthermore, he advances a theory on the specific functionality of mafia rules and discusses the major organizational dilemmas that mafias face. This book shows that understanding the organizational logic of mafias is an indispensable step in confronting them. 1. What type of organization are mafias? 2. Organizational architecture 3. Organizational orders 4. Organizational orders and the use of violence 5. Mafia rules 6. Mafia organizational dilemmas. Subject Areas: Ownership & organization of enterprises [KJV], Organizational theory & behaviour [KJU], Business & management [KJ], Organized crime [JKVM]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Ownership & organization of enterprises [KJV]
BIC Subject Area 2: Organizational theory & behaviour [KJU]
BIC Subject Area 3: Business & management [KJ]
BIC Subject Area 4: Organized crime [JKVM]
Number of Pages: 356 Pages
Publication Name: Mafia Organizations: the Visible Hand of Criminal Enterprise
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 235 mm
Subject: Criminology
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 690 g
Subject Area: Organizational Sociology
Author: Maurizio Catino
Item Width: 157 mm
Format: Hardcover
