1st Edition
Menace to Society Political-criminal Collaboration Around the World
By Roy Godson
Copyright 2003
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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One of the more dangerous contemporary threats to the quality of life is the collaboration of the political establishment with the criminal underworld - the political-criminal nexus (PCN). This active partnership increasingly undermines the rule of law, human rights, and economic development in many parts of the world. States in transition are especially at risk. Despite the magnitude of the... Read more
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Biography
Roy Godson
