Rethinking political warfare in Italy: a bottom-up approach

Alessandro Arcobasso

Journal of Financial Crime, 2020, vol. 30, issue 2, 437-452

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief answer to the following questions: in the arena for State and non-State actors, who and how may guarantee the balance between democracy, State and market? How can the citizens’ economic well-being be prioritized, in terms of national security? Design/methodology/approach - Adapting both the link analysis approach and the order of Pierce’s inference stages, the author illustrates the state of the art, some economic indices and Italy’s need for countermeasures. Findings - Starting from the notion of “social sustainability of the political decisions,” given by the author, the paper highlights the opportunity to rethink the concept of political warfare, in view of a productive fabric characterized by both a high number of small and medium-sized enterprises and the pervasiveness of mafia-type organizations. At the end, the author shares some proposal in the fields of Public Law and Social Marketing and a broader definition of the above-mentioned concept. Originality/value - This study shows the link between security studies, people’s perception of grey areas and polarization of opinions and wealth, giving the reader a bottom-up input to the comprehension of the contemporary complexity.

Keywords: SMEs; Polarization; Democracy; Underemployment; Financial markets; Intelligence; Economic well-being; National security; Mass migration; Political warfare; Grey areas; Mafia-type organizations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1108/JFC-11-2019-0139

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