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. Subtitled "Private Protection In A New Market Economy". A unique insight into the history and organisation. 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.

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• 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