From Fear to Fraternity - A Russian Tale of Crime, Economy and Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Rawlinson is one of the leading experts on Russian and Eastern European organised crime. She is a lecturer in Criminology at the London School of Economics and the author of From Fear to Fraternity: A Russian Tale of Crime, Economy and Modernity (Pluto, 2010). Klappentext 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.Patricia Rawlinson argues that burgeoning crime rates result not only from the failures of communism but also from the problems of free market economies.Drawing on interviews with members of the Russian criminal underworld, the business community, journalists and the militia, she argues that organised crime provides us with a barometer of economic well-being, not just for Russia but for any market economy. Zusammenfassung A unique and globally framed analysis of the development of Russian organised crime arguing that it is a barometer of economic well-being.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Rawlinson, Rawlinson Patricia
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2010
• EAN: 9780745318684
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-1868-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, Political corruption, Politics & government, Organized crime, Politics and government, Corruption in politics, government and society, Chechnya