Bates College SCARAB Honors Theses Capstone Projects Spring 5-2011 Taking Back Sicily: The Antimafia Movement and its Counter-Hegemonic Attack on Cosa Nostra Jennifer Anne Diefendorf Bates College,
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[email protected]. Diefendorf 1 Taking Back Sicily: The Antimafia Movement and its Counter-Hegemonic Attack on Cosa Nostra An Honors Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of Politics Bates College In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts By Jennifer Diefendorf Lewiston, Maine March 25, 2011 Diefendorf 2 Table of Contents 1. Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………3 2. Abstract …………………………………………………………………………...4 3. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………5 4. Chapter 1 : Gramsci, Hegemony, and Civil Society…………………………….15 5. Chapter 2 : Establishing Cosa Nostra and the Italian State as a Hegemonic Bloc…………...32 6. Chapter 3 : The History of the Antimafia Movement…………………………...65 7. Chapter 4 : The Counter-Hegemonic Nature of the Contemporary Movement.....................114 8. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..167 9. Bibliography …………………………………………………………………...174 Diefendorf 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Numerous individuals deserve to be recognized for the formative role they each played in helping to create this project. First, I give my sincere gratitude and appreciation to my advisor, Jim Richter.