Mafia in the Mirror of Sociology

  • Вадим Викторович Волков Национальный исследовательский университет Высшая школа экономики
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/1726-3247-2004-3-16-34
Keywords: organized crime, mafia, subculture, mafia as economic organization

Abstract

Mafia is the most popular topic in the cinema and literature. The paper covers the historical and cultural background of mafia and its cultural and organizational forms. Particularly it tells about Italian and American mafias. The research is based on the sociological assumptions

Author Biography

Вадим Викторович Волков, Национальный исследовательский университет Высшая школа экономики

Европейский университет в Санкт-Петербурге, Санкт-Петербургский филиал ГУ–ВШЭ

Published
2010-12-31
How to Cite
ВолковВ. В. (2010). Mafia in the Mirror of Sociology. Journal of Economic Sociology, 5(3), 16-34. https://doi.org/10.17323/1726-3247-2004-3-16-34
Issue
Vol 5 No 3 (2004): Economic Sociology
Section
New Texts