Why is organized crime so successful? / Fabio Armao
Mafia and anti-mafia: the implications for everyday life / Renate Siebert
Transnational organized crime between myth and reality: the social construction of a threat / Monica Massari
Organized crime, business and the state in post-Communist Russia / Sergei Plekhanov
Drug-trafficking and the state: the case of Colombia / Sayaka Fukumi
Transnational organized crime, security and the European Union / Wyn Rees
'Once upon a time in America': organized crime and civil society / Robert J. Kelly and Rufus Schatzberg
Civil resistance: society fights back ... / Ercole Giap Parini
For Christ's sake: organized crime and religion / Alessandra Dino
Democracy and the gangs: the case of Marseilles / Paola Monzini
Organized crime, politics and the judiciary in post-war Italy / Jean-Louis Briquet
Mediated democracy: Yakuza and Japanese political leadership / Eiko Maruko
Conclusion: organized crime and democracy: 'uncivil' or 'civil' society? / Felia Allum and Renate Siebert.