Since we analyze the gender structure of political bodies, of course, we have not data on municipalities incurred in early termination of legislature. In 2014, 77 municipalities interrupted the political mandate because of “Mafia infiltration” e.g., suspect of criminality (Source: Municipal ...
Rather than forming vertical collaborations linking mafia members into a centralized, hierarchical network structure, we find that mafiosi collaborated disproportionately more with colleagues of similar status. While network centrality predicted tie formation, formal rank in an organizational chart generally ...