"The Godfather" exemplifies the institution of Sicilian clientelism and how it conflicts with American justice.
The Godfather is a patron
What is a padrone?
John Albano was a “padrone,” a familiar figure in Italian settlements throughout the United States.
Finding endogamy through Social Network Analysis
Family trees are like Ore graphs: everyone has two parents, and no one is their own ancestor. In my most recent post here on Mafia Genealogy, about the hierarchy of a Mafia “Family,” or cosca, I briefly demonstrated the utility of network science in understanding how the Mafia is organized. Looking at the hierarchy from... Continue Reading →
How is the Mafia organized?
The FBI’s Mafia Org Chart is the most familiar picture of Mafia organization, but it’s not the model most scholars have used in the past forty years, because it doesn’t do an adequate job of explaining how the Mafia works over time and in a variety of scenarios.
Is the Mafia a cult?
Cults, gangs, and the Mafia are very similar.
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