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Gérard Namer, « Clientélismes et mafia », L'Homme et la société, ID : 10.3406/homso.1996.2821
Namer, Gérard, Client Systems and Mafias The Italian example suggests that there is presently a convergence of economic and political client systems which has facilitated the success of the mafia. Such a situation may be emerging in France because of the weakness of democracy, the presence of existing client systems, capitalist deregulation and populist pressures.