http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/sicilian-mafia Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 17 May 2026 01:12:51 -0400 Sun, 17 May 2026 01:12:51 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/292/italian-politics-and-the-sicilian-mafia-an-account-from-1983-to-present By Nico G. Sciasci - Many know the Island of Sicily as a warm, sun-filled exotic paradise that became home to travelers from distant lands. This paese di sole or land of sun, not only assisted in growing abundant amounts of lemons, cactus fruit and almonds, but rather something mysterious, secret and somewhat intoxicating. A force so strong that even academics today are baffled by a society that has planted its roots deeper than the palm trees of Palermo, which has survived the greatest of wars and the upmost of inadequacies in both the public and political spheres. With its thirst for power and honor, which fights... Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/292/italian-politics-and-the-sicilian-mafia-an-account-from-1983-to-present