From fear to fraternity : a Russian tale of crime, economy and modernity /

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A unique analysis of the development of Russian organised crime. The end of communism marked the re-emergence of a huge rise in organised crime across Russia and Eastern Europe. High-profile efforts to combat it have met with little success.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rawlinson, Patricia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : New York : Pluto ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1985-2005.
Organized crime > Russia (Federation)
Post-communism.
Crime organisé > Russie.
Postcommunisme.
TRUE CRIME > Organized Crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Economic history
Organized crime
Post-communism
Organisiertes Verbrechen
Marktwirtschaft
Russia (Federation) > Economic conditions.
Russia (Federation)
Russland
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Telling tales
  • Crime-time stories
  • From bandits to Bolsheviks to Brezhnev
  • Shadowlands: the Gorbachev years
  • Comrade capitalists: the tale of crime and economy in the 'new' Russia
  • The Sovietising of western society
  • From fear to fraternity.

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