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> let me reiterate: all that stuff, that Georgi Derluguian sent around the
world system network,
sounds extremely interesting
I have to be short:
>
>
> 1) theory: Schumpeter - capitalism, socialism and democracy: it is far
more
> adapted to catch the real problem of organized crime in the cap world
economy - the disappearance of the capitalist
> class and its substitution by the Dreigroschen-Opera style capitalism of
> the gutters and Nobel hotels of Moscow, Tel Aviv, Syracuse and many other
places today!
>
> 2) cycles: as all arrangements, also criminal "social contracts" change -
> note that in the history of the Italian mafia, most clearly (1830, 1880,
> 1930/45, 1990s). Flexible specialization is the cathword for today< Piore
> and Sabel find their parallel in Tom Behan's excellent book (Routledge,
> 1997): The Camorra. Read that, and parallel: Bornschier (1996), my old
> favourite!
>
>
> Still, one point:
>
> http://www.dialogselect.com
>
> newsbundle
>
> Reuters archive
will be an important source of information for you. Please
> keep me up to date on new research about this subject.
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Arno
>
>
>
> PS: The Asian meltdown and international criminal organizations - an
> interesting point to watch. I don't find as yet a real coherent scheme of
> interpretation, but Yakuza capital seems to flow heavily into Europe now
> (in advance of the Euro?) - rock the boat, or what?
>
> >
> > Georgi M. Derluguian
> > Assistant Professor
> > Department of Sociology
> > Northwestern University
> > 1812 Chicago Avenue
> > Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
> > (847) 491-2741 (rabota)
> >
> >