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Zusatztext Wang's book should be warmly welcomed, given the rise of a security state and the conservative turn of the Chinese authoritarian regime in recent years. The crackdown on human rights lawyers, the tightened media control, and declining academic freedom all make the current campaign against corruption, and by extension the Chinese mafia, far less effective in the long run, as the book convincingly argues. Informationen zum Autor Peng Wang is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the University of Hong Kong. He holds an MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice and a PhD in Law from King's College London. His research interests include organized crime, police corruption, military corruption and extra-legal governance. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung Explores the rise of extra-legal protection organizations in contemporary China, contributing to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context. It examines two types of extra-legal protectors: Black Mafia (street gangsters) and Red Mafia (corrupt public officers), and their impact on Chinese society. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THEORY AND HISTORY 1: Introduction: Socio-Economic Studies of the Mafia 2: Gangs as Pseudo-Government PART TWO: EXTRA-LEGAL PROTECTION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA 3: Why the State Fails: Conflicts between Law and Guanxi 4: The Black Mafia 5: The Red Mafia 6: The Red-Black Collusion PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS AND REFLECTIONS 7: The Mafia and the State 8: China's War Against Mafias
