Del i serien Organisational Deviance and Crime

Camorra Networks

Populism, Neoliberalism, and the Media Machine of Naples’ Underworld

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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In Italy, national broadcasting and underworld media networks share a playbook, crafting political narratives and social identities, building neoliberal markets of visibility, and mobilizing the poor as populist political actors. Focusing on the social peripheries of Naples, this book examines how Camorra, one of Europe’s most entrenched and violently coercive criminal organizations, runs music, television, and online media empires that collide with state-regulated cultural industries. It reveals “systems” of cultural production where licit and illicit merge, entertainment becomes political, and power feeds on the public it claims to serve. In doing so, it challenges the mainstream understanding of the relationship between media, democracy, and violence in Italy and beyond.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-15
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieOrganisational Deviance and Crime
Antal sidor238
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781807580032

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List of IllustrationsIntroductionChapter 1. One of Us: Neomelodic Music Production and the Populist StageChapter 2. Masters of the House: The Political Life of Neomelodic Live ConcertsChapter 3. Through the Looking Glass: Tele-Politics within the Italian Social PeripheriesChapter 4. Visual IntermezzoChapter 5. Pay-Per-View: The Neomelodic TV Industries as a Neoliberal “System” of Political RelationalityChapter 6. Scar-Facebook: Camorra-backed and State-Regulated Digital Media BrandingConclusionReferencesIndex

“This book presents an empirically reach, theoretically nuanced and historically grounded account of a highly interesting and novel aspect of crime culture.” • Adam Arvidsson, University of Naples“This is an original, deeply researched, and theoretically sophisticated book. I have never seen another author reveal so effectively the functioning of individualistic neoliberal practices in the interstices of state-mafia-"street," whether in Naples, in Italy, or anywhere else (the parallels the author draws with the U.S. are quite interesting).” • Ivan Kalmar, University of Toronto