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Name:

Felia S. Allum

Institution:

University of Bath

Position:

Lecturer in Italian History and Politics.

Address:

European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath. BA2 7AY. UK

Telephone:

00-44- (0)1225-386390

Email:

f.s.allum@bath.ac.uk

Research Interests:

Neapolitan Camorra, Organised crime and Politics, Strategies for fighting organised crime.

Research Projects:

The Neapolitan Camorra and politics, Organised crime and politics, Lucky Luciano, Women in organised crime, national and EU strategies against organised crime.

Teaching:

Liberal Italy (Level 1), Italian Scandals (Level 2), the
crisis of the Italian State (level 4)

Main Publications:

Books


  • Organised Crime and Politics, the Case
    of Naples - in negotiation with Italian Perspectives Series, Northern
    Universities Press, provisional date of publication: 2002.

  • Organised Crime and the Challenge to
    Democracy - An edited volume with Prof Siebert from ECPR Joint Session
    workshop (in negotiation with Routledge, provisional date of
    publication: 2002)


Book chapters:



  • Cilento, M and Allum, F., (2001) 'Bassolino,
    A new type of leadership?' in A. Zuckerman and M. Caciagli (eds)
    Italian Politics, A Review. Oxford: Berghahn Books (also an Italian
    version in Politica in Italia 2001, published by Societą Editrice il
    Mulino).


Articles:



  • Allum, F (2000) 'Camorra e
    Modernizzazione: Sarno ed Dintorni', Il Tetto, no 216, Gen-Feb 2000.

  • Mattina, C and F. Allum (2000) 'La
    Personnalisation du Gouvernement Municipal en Italie, L'Experience du
    Maire de Naples', Pōle Sud, n. 13, Novembre 2000, pp. 57-70 (ISSN
    1262-1676).

  • Allum, F and M. Cliento (2001) Parties
    and Personalities: the case of Antonio Bassolino, former Mayor of
    Naples' in Federal and Regional Studies, 2001, 11, 1, pp 1-26.

  • Allum, F., (2001) ' Il cosi detto 'Patto
    Scellerato': Rapporti e Camorristi negli anni 50 e 80', Nord e Sud,
    November 2001.

  • Allum, F., (2001) 'Becoming a
    Camorrista: Criminal Culture and life-choices in Naples' in The
    Journal of Modern Italian Studies, vol 6, n. 3.

  • Allum, F., (2001) 'A Victory foretold:
    the Triumph of Berlusconi' (review article) in The European Political
    Science Journal, vol 1, n. 1 (forthcoming).


Conference Papers:



  • 'Corrupting the Electorate: the cases
    of Marseille and Naples' Allum, F and Mattina, C; paper presented at
    the PSA Conference, LSE, London, UK, on the Corruption in France Panel
    (coordinator: R. Elgie), 11th April 2000.

  • 'Parties and Personalities: the Case
    of Antonio Bassolino, Former Mayor of Naples', Allum, F and M. Cilento,
    presented at the American Political Science Association, Italian
    Society and Politics Panel (coordinators: S. Piatoni and A. Zukerman),
    3-6 September 2000, Washington, USA.

  • 'Bassolino: a new type of leadership',
    Allum, F and M. Cilento, presented at La Societą Italiana di Scienza
    Politica, panel: 'Personalizzazione della Politica Italiana in
    Prospettiva Comparata' (coordinators: S. Fabbrini and S. Piattoni),
    28-30 September 2000, Naples, Italy.

  • 'Camorra and Territory in the City of
    Naples', Allum, F paper to presented at the session The Southern City
    (chair: Christopher Duggan) at the Association for the Study of Modern
    Italy's Annual Conference: City and Identity, The Italian City in the
    Industrial Era, London, 24-25 November, 2000.


Book Reviews:



  • Newell, J (2000) Parties and Democracy
    in Italy, Aldershot: Ashgate, xiii + 222 pages, ISBN 1-855521-859-3 (hb
    £45); ISBN 1-855521-863-1 (bp £20) in European Perspectives
    (forthcoming).

  • Hess, H (1997) Mafia and Mafiosi,
    Origin, Power and Myth, New York: NYUP, x + 232 pages, ISBN
    0-8147-3589-4 (£9.95) in Political Studies, vol 49, n. 3, August
    2001, p.592.