The Sicilian Mafia
The Business of Private Protection
by Diego Gambetta
335 pages· ISBN 9780674807426
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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 analysis of the economic and political role of the Sicilian Mafia.
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