Gender and Organized Crime in Italy: Women's Agency in Italian Mafias

Cover page
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Note on the text
Introduction
1 Cosa Nostra and the ’Ndrangheta
	Violence, power and business
	Organizational structures and rituals
2 Women in Italian Society
	The labour market
	Social customs and women’s rights
3 Mafia Control Over Women
	The code of honour
	Female oppression
	Honour killings
	Blood alliances through marriages
4 Conformist Agency: Performing Soft Power
	Education
	Vendetta
5 Compliant Agency: From Margins to Delegated Power
	The drug trade
	Economic crimes
	From Hermes tasks to leadership positions
	Female agency meets mafia organizational needs
6 Transformative Agency: Searching for Autonomous Paths
	The strength of vulnerability
	Speaking out
	Following their own children
	The ethical impact
Appendix: Lea Garofalo’s letter to the President of the Italian Republic
Notes
Bibliography
Judicial Sources
Index