What Is the Mafia?

Gaetano Mosca is one of the twentieth century’s main exponents of Italian political thought and more specifically one of the greatest and most prestigious proponents of elitist theory. The verses that follow are from a conference on the mafia that he held in Turin in 1900. In coherence with his over...

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Main Author: Mosca, Gaetano 1858-1941 (Author)
Contributors: Jerne, Christina (Translator)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Against the mafia
Year: 2024, Pages: 77-95
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