Gangsters and other statesmen : mafias, separatists, and torn states in a globalized world / Danilo Mandić.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandic, Danilo, 1985- author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mafia--Political aspects--Kosovo (Republic).

Mafia.

Mafia--Political aspects--Georgia--South Ossetia.

Organized crime--Political aspects--Africa, West.

Organized crime.

Organized crime--Political aspects--Middle East.

Organized crime--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern.

Separatist movements.

Transnational crime.

Kosovo (Republic)--Politics and government.

Kosovo (Republic).

South Ossetia (Georgia)--Politics and government.

South Ossetia (Georgia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

How global organized crime shapes the politics of borders in modern conflictsSeparatism has been on the rise across the world since the end of the Cold War, dividing countries through political strife, ethnic conflict, and civil war, and redrawing the political map. This volume examines the role transnational mafias play in the success and failure of separatist movements, challenging conventional wisdom about the interrelation of organized crime with peacebuilding, nationalism, and state making.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Tables

Abbreviations

PART I. SEPARATISM, MEET MAFIA

1. Introduction

2. Normal Bedfellows

PART II. KOSOVO AND SOUTH OSSETIA

3. The Third Man

4. Mafia Filter

5. Smuggling Kidneys and Uranium

PART III. THREE REGIONS

6. West Africa

7. Middle East

8. Eastern Europe

9. Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

References

Index

A Note on the Type

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691187877

0691187878

OCLC:

1197869546