234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Over the last twenty years the camorra of Naples and the surrounding region has risen to a level of strength rivalling that of the Sicilian mafia. This is not a new organization: the Camorra first emerged in the last century, several decades before the mafia. Tom Behan traces the history of the organization from its inception to the present. Until the 1970s the extent of its influence... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 The origins of the Camorra and the Mafia, 2 The postwar development of the Camorra, 3 The ‘administrative economy’ and the 1980earthquake, 4 The ‘business Camorra’ of the Nuvoletta gang, 5 The Cirillo affair, 6 How the Camorra works, 7 Criminal politics, 8 Who will stop the Camorra?, Conclusion: ‘Ha dda passà ’a nuttata’, Notes, Index
Biography
Tom Behan lived in Naples from 1979 to 1985, where he witnessed many of the events described in this book at close hand. He has since lectured in Italian Politics at the University of Reading and at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is currently lecturer in Italian at the University of Glasgow.
