{"product_id":"mafia-politics-9780745670683","title":"Mafia Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing and important [Santoro] builds a convincing and subtly argued case for why we need to treat the Mafia as a type of politics. […An] essential contribution.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Nelken, \u003ci\u003eRassegna Italiana di Sociologia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Santoro takes us closer to the human side of mafiosi than anyone. As he convincingly argues, Mafia style and ceremonial go back to an ancient Mediterranean form of politics, antedating the state and continuing alongside it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Collins, author of \u003ci\u003eViolence: A Micro-sociological Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This book is valuable and important: it combines political science, history, sociology and Maussian anthropological observations to develop a novel theory of Mafia as an elementary form of politics. The result is a provocative text for those interested in the many dimensions of organized crime beyond criminal and economic analysis and, crucially, the global North.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucia Michelutti, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Mafia, Politics, and Social Theory: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The ‘Mafia’ in ‘Mafia Studies’: (Re)constructing a Sociological Object\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. What is Right with the Economic Theory of the Mafia?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Public Life of Mafiosi \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Mafioso’s Gift or, Making Sense of an “Offer You Cannot Refuse”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Blood, Bund, and (Personal) Bonds: The Mafia as an Institutional Type\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mafia as an Elementary Form of Politics","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404416688471,"sku":"9780745670683","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745670683.jpg?v=1730486405","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mafia-politics-9780745670683","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}