Gangsters and Other Statesmen: Mafias, Separatists, and Torn States in a Globalized World

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How global organized crime shapes the politics of borders in modern conflicts Separatism has been on the rise across the world since the end of the Cold War, dividing countries through political strife, ethnic conflict, and civil war, and redrawing the political map. Gangsters and Other Statesmen examines the role transnational mafias play in th

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"Winner of the Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society"
"By crossing disciplines and borders, Mandi successfully carries out an act of political alchemy, demonstrating how the grubby gangsters of todays separatist movements may well be the glorious governors of tomorrow. His work will be of interest to a variety of scholars and undoubtedly paves the way for all manner of future analyses across the social sciences."---Alessandro Ford, LSE Review of Books
"Gangsters and Other States[sic]men takes a rigorous academic approach to a subject too often mired in stereotype."---Kieran Pender, Times Literary Supplement

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Danilo Mandi is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Sociology at Harvard University.