The Chinese Mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection / Peng Wang.
2017
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Author
Title
The Chinese Mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection / Peng Wang.
Published
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Call Number
HV6453.C6 W35 2017
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0198758405
9780198758402
9780198758402
Description
xvii, 248 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)959591932
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page [203]-242) and index.
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Table of Contents
pt. I
Theory and History
1.
Introduction: Socio-economic Studies of the Mafia
3
Organized Crime and the Mafia
5
Economic Theory of the Mafia
6
Embeddedness of Mafia Protection in Social Relations
10
Contributions to Research
15
Methodology and Fieldwork
16
Outline of This Book
21
2.
Gangs as Pseudo-government
24
Chinese Secret Societies
24
Rise of the Shanghai Green Gang in the Republic of China (1912--1949)
31
Green Gang's Internal Control
34
Shanghai Green Gang in Illegal Markets
39
Links with Political and Business Elites
43
Green Gang's Infiltration in Legal Markets
46
Downfall of the Shanghai Green Gang
49
Conclusion
53
pt. II
Extra-legal Protection in Contemporary China
3.
Why the State Fails: Conflicts between Law and Guanxi
57
Establishing the Legal System for China's Economic Reform
59
Changing Role of Guanxi in Contemporary China
70
Guanxi and the Legal System: Coexistence and Conflicts
79
Conclusion
96
4.
Black Mafia
97
Demand and Supply of Extra-legal Protection
98
Underground Police Organizations
101
Provision of Hospital Security by Unlawful Protectors
108
Role of Guanxi in Obtaining Extra-legal Protection
114
Theoretical Implications
120
Conclusion
123
5.
Red Mafia
125
Buying and Selling of Military Positions
126
Political--Business Alliances
133
Role of Guanxi in Facilitating Corrupt Transactions
138
Conclusion
141
6.
Red--Black Collusion
143
Chongqing Crime Crackdown
144
Buying and Selling of Public Offices
146
Organized Crime in Chongqing
151
Role of Guanxi in Building the Political--Criminal Nexus
159
Public Power as a Commodity
166
Conclusion
169
pt. III
Conclusions and Reflections
7.
Mafia and the State
173
Sicilian Model
173
Chinese Model
176
Mafia and Politics
181
Implications for Research
183
8.
China's War against Mafias
185
Anti-crime Campaigns
186
Xi's Anti-corruption Campaign
188
Severity, Swiftness, and Selectivity
189
Targeting Corrupt Guanxi Networks
191
Marginalizing the Rule of Law
193
Conclusion
195
Appendix I
197
Green Gang's Ten Great Rules
197
Green Gang's Ten Prohibitions
197
Appendix II
199
Interviews and Focus Group Discussions
199
Bibliography
203
Index
243