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In contrast to a globalizing approach to "transnational organized crime," this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. The various chapters explore empirical data showing how politico-criminal configurations emerge, are formed and allow for interactions between powerful official stakeholders and "professionals of the use of force". Links between military know-how and political power in Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey; the conversion of "violent entrepreneurs" into the Russian or Bulgarian political arena; the political racketeering activities of leaders of armed nationalist movements in Corsica; interactions between the Calabrese mafia and business; investment by the Belizean government in illegal activities; or else, monetary illegalism in the Somalia conflict ... The various chapters of this book encourage a comparative approach to the study of mafia violence in the making and running of State power.

Introduction: Who Makes the Peacemaking Institutions? 1 . - PART I: CONTROLLING NEGATIVE PEACE . - 1. What Remains of Collective Security? 15. - 2. The Fight against Chemical and Biological Weapons: The Role and Performance of Competent Institutions 31. - 3. Preventing Nuclear Proliferation: The Role of the IAEA 49 . - 4. Mediation by Intergovernmental Organizations 67. - PART II: PROMOTING POSITIVE PEACE . - 5. The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission: An Initial Assessment 93. - 6. Human Security and UNHCR 103. - 7. Liberal Peace and Assistance in Central Asia 119. - 8. Reducing Poverty and Inequality? What is the Purpose of UNDP? 137. - 9. Punishment, Dissuasion, Reparation: The Scope of International Criminal Justice 165. - Conclusion: Peace between Multilateralism and Power 185