@article{1472298,
      recid = {1472298},
      author = {Bestler, Anita,},
      title = {The Sicilian Mafia : the armed wing of politics /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 467 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book offers a completely new approach to the complex  social phenomenon of the Mafia: In addition to the origins,  organization and actions of the Mafia, the author Anita  Bestler examines above all the close connection between  organized crime and politics. In the process, readers  [also] gain an interesting insight into the complicated  political development of Italy from the founding of the  state to the present, as well as an answer as to why  Italians have a different political mindset. The author  Sociologist and political scientist Dr. Anita Bestler has  lived in Palermo, Sicily, for over 20 years. During this  time, she has intensively observed, researched and analyzed  the relationship between the Sicilian mafia and politics.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1472298},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39310-6},
}