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In contrast to a globalizing approach to ´transnational organized crime,´ this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena.

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Introduction: Crime and State; J.L.Briquet & G.Favarel-Garrigues Pakistan Rangers: From Border Control to ´Protection´ of the Interior; L.Gayer The Political Articulation of the Criminal Milieu in Security Institutions: the case of ´gangs in uniform´ in Turkey; E.Massicard Governor Sutiyoso ´Wars of Vice´ (1997-2007): Criminal Enterprises, Islamist Militias and Politics in Djakarta; R.Bertrand ´Shadow State´: Globalization, Criminalization and Environmental Change in Belize; R.Duffy The Entrepreneurial Path of Multigroup in the Making of Bulgarian Capitalism; N.Ragaru Mafia Violence and Politics in Russia; G.Favarel-Garrigues The Mafia and Civil Society: Control of Territory and Criminal-Economic Collusion in Calabria; R.Sciarrone Political Violence and Criminal Affairism in Corsica: Is the Nationalist Movement Drifting towards the Mafia?; J.L.Briquet Monetary Illegalism and Civil War: The Case of Somalia; R.Marchal

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"This is just the kind of book that is presently needed. Ithas aprecise focus: delinquency and the power of the state. It transcends ethnocentricitythrough its transnational approach and breaks away from the single discipline perspective by bringing together different methods of analysis. Aseminal book on an important subject." - Jean-Paul Brodeur, Director, International Centre for Comparative Criminology, Université de Montréal

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JEAN-LOUIS BRIQUET is Directeur de Recherche and Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.

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