ECPR Marburg 2003

This section is proposed by the Standing group on Organised crime and comprises nine panels. The main aim of this section is 1) to bring together different scholars and disciplines working on organised crime; 2) to explore the impact which organised crime is having on politics and civil society in terms of governance and 3) to discuss and analyse the latest developments of the phenomenon, theoretically and empirically. The nine panels focus on a variety of questions that we hope will encourage debate and exchanges: theoretical and methodological questions, the impact of organised crime activities on the environment, the role of Italian mafias in the world today, the relationship between organised crime, politics and civil society, the emerging dynamics between state and criminal businesses, white collar crime, the links between organised crime and terrorism in a transnational environment, government responses and anti-corruption strategies and the fight against organised crime. The panels hope to address local, national and international structures, dynamics and relationships between organised crime, politics and civil society in relation to democracy, governance and the threats to the nation state.

List of Papers