# What Is the Mafia? - Imperium Press

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> **[What Is the Mafia? - Imperium Press](https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/what-is-the-mafia/)**
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> A premier Italian elite theorist explains the mafia as a structure that performs state functions wherever the state is weak.