by Jean Ziegler · ISBN 9782020324526
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In 'Les seigneurs du crime', Jean Ziegler, in collaboration with Uwe Mühlhoff, explores the new mafias and their impact on democracy. Published in 1998 by Seuil, the book is part of the 'l'histoire immédiate' and 'Histoire immédiate' collections. With 281 pages, it includes bibliographical references and analyzes organized crime and the mafia in the contemporary context.
Jean Ziegler is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He was previously Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999. He has also held several positions with the United Nations, especially as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council from 2008 to 2012. Ziegler has authored numerous works, is a lecturer, and is well known for this sentence: "A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child."
