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State-mafia Relations

State-Mafia Relations is a theoretical framework in political sociology that examines the institutional and informal interactions between governmental entities and mafia organizations, distinguished by its focus on the reciprocal dynamics of collusion, negotiation, and embedded illegality within the exercise of state power.

92

Publications

5.7K

Citations

106

Authors

64

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

22

Parents

Publications

92

The Russian Mafia: Private Protection in a New Market Economy

Robert Legvold, Federico Varese · Foreign Affairs · 2002 · 422 citations

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Governance and Prison Gangs

David Skarbek · American Political Science Review · 2011 · 346 citations

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Capital, coercion, and crime: bossism in the Philippines

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 315 citations

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The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection

Gary W. McDonogh, Diego Gambetta · Anthropological Quarterly · 1996 · 314 citations

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After the land grab: Infrastructural violence and the “Mafia System” in Indonesia's oil palm plantation zones

Tania Murray Li · Geoforum · 2017 · 279 citations · Full text

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Authors

106

  1. FV
    Federico Varese

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 765 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. MC
    Maurizio Catino

    University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

    3 publications · 176 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. JS
    Jane Schneider

    City University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 64 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. GS
    Gavin Slade

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 49 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. GD
    Gemma Dipoppa

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 106

Institutions

64

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    215 citations

  2. University of Milano-Bicocca

    Milan, Italy

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    177 citations

  3. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    161 citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  5. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    225 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  7. Ca' Foscari University of Venice

    Venice, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  8. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Barcelona, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 950 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 211 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. Global Crime

    5 publications · 210 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. Journal of Modern Italian Studies

    3 publications · 58 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. European Journal of Sociology

    3 publications · 258 citations

    3

    h-index

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