Russian Mafia - Private Protection in a New Market Economy

Zusatztext The first comprehensive study of the Russian Mafia is by a young Italian scholar, Federico Varese. His book is an extraordinary account. Klappentext What is the Russian Mafia? This unique book thoroughly researches this question and challenges widely-held views. The author charts the emergence of the Russian Mafia in the context of the transition to the market, the privatization of protection and pervasive corruption. The ability of the Russian State to define property rights and protect contracts is compared to the services offered by fragments of the state apparatus, private security firms, ethnic crime groups, the Cossacks and the Mafia. Past criminal traditions, rituals and norms have been resuscitated by the Mafia of today to forge a powerful new identity and compete in a crowded market for protection. The book draws on and reports of undercover police operations, in-depth interviews conducted over several years with the victims of the Mafia, criminals and officials, and documents from the Gulag archives. It also provides a comparative study, making references to other Mafia (the Japanese Yakuza, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, American-Italian Mafia and the Hong Kong Triads). Zusammenfassung Charts the emergence of the Russian Mafia in the context of the transition to the market, the privatization of protection and pervasive corruption. This book draws on and reports of undercover police operations, interviews conducted over several years with the victims of the Mafia, criminals and officials, and documents from the Gulag archives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. The Transition to the Market and Protection in Russia 1: The Transition to the Market 2: The State as Supplier of Protection 3: Varieties of Protectors II. Private protection in Perm 4: Searching for Protection 5: The Contract and the Serices III. The Russian Mafia 6: The Mafia in Perm 7: Mafia Ancestors 8: The Rusian mafia Conclusion ...

Product details

• Authors: Federico Varese, Federico (Prize Research Fellow Varese, Varese Federico
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2001
• EAN: 9780198297369
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829736-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political science & theory, Organized crime, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Political science and theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Post-Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era