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This book examines the law as a social institution, exploring how it is shaped in everyday interactions between state and society in Eurasia, organisations and individuals, and between law enforcement and other government entities.
Table des matières
Introduction - Justice, Crime and Citizenship in Eurasia: A Socio-legal Perspective, 1. Who Reports Crime? Citizen Engagement with the Police in Russia and Georgia, 2. Popular Legal Attitudes and the Political Order: Comparative Evidence from Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, 3. Transcending Illegality in Kyrgyzstan: The Case of a Squatter Settlement in Bishkek, 4. Negotiating the Right to Information: Citizen-Government Interactions in the Implementation of the Regulations on Open Government Information in China, 5. Between Human Rights and Transitional Justice: The Dilemma of Constitutional Courts in Post-Communist Central Europe, 6. Becoming a Judge in Russia: An Analysis of Judicial Biographies, 7. Building Socialist Legality: Political Order and Institutional Development in the Soviet and Chinese Procuracies, 8. The Limits of Authoritarian Modernisation: Zero Tolerance Policing in Kazakhstan, 9. Propaganda and the Police: The Softer Side of State Control in China, 10. 'Vigilante Shows' and Law Enforcement in Russia, 11. Technological Solutions for Complex Problems: Emerging Electronic Surveillance Regimes in Eurasian Cities
A propos de l'auteur
Erica Marat is Associate Professor at the College of International Security Affairs of the National Defence University. She specializes in violence, mobilization and security institutions.
Lauren A. McCarthy is Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Her research focuses on the relationship between law and society in Russia, police and law enforcement institutions, civilian oversight, and the issue of human trafficking.
Résumé
This book examines the law as a social institution, exploring how it is shaped in everyday interactions between state and society in Eurasia, organisations and individuals, and between law enforcement and other government entities.
