The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection by Diego Gambetta

The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection

Diego Gambetta

346 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction economics history sociology challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
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In a society where trust is in short supply and democracy weak, the Mafia sells protection, a guarantee of safe conduct for parties to commercial transactions. Drawing on the confessions of eight Mafiosi, Diego Gambetta develops an elegant analysi...

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