What Is the Mafia?

What Is the Mafia?

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What Is the Mafia? and Men and Things of Sicily offer a rare glimpse into how power functions when formal institutions fail. In these sharp, ground-level studies, Gaetano Mosca—senator, jurist, and founder of elite theory—examines the mafia not as a criminal outlier, but as a substitute for the state. Rich in insight and detail, these essays reveal the logic of informal authority—still relevant wherever law weakens and other systems step in to rule.
  • Publisher: Imperium Press
  • Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.24 x 20.29 cm
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 217 pages
  • Item weight: 299 g
  • Book Type: Paperback
  • ISBN-10: 1923104950
  • ISBN-13: 978-1923104952
  • Publication date: 2 June 2025
  • Reading age: 14 - 18 years
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