Mafia & Mafiosi : origin, power, and myth
First published nearly a quarter of a century ago, this work gives a detailed account of the typical career of mafiosi. It describes a distinct sub-culture whose behavioural patterns have been largely determined by the specific political, economic and social history of Sicily.
xii, 232 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
9780814735886, 9780814735893, 0814735886, 0814735894
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1. Etymological Note
2. Brigantaggio
Ladrismo
Mafia
3. Characteristics of the Sicilian Social Structure. The political structure. The weakness of the state and the tradition of dual morality. Social Stratification and the economic situation
4. The Mafioso. Origin. Career. Consolidation and defence of position. Legitimation and self-assessment
5. The Structure of Mafioso Groupings. Cosca. Partito. Faction. Some false conclusions. The system of norms. Some structure patterns
6. The Functions of Mafioso Behaviour. Functions for the individual mafioso. Functions within the subcultural system. Mafioso behaviour and politics
7. Mafiosi and Gangsters
8. Conclusion
9. Afterword. From postwar to the 1980s: change and continuity. Structures. Functions