Federico Varese

The Russian Mafia

Private Protection in a New Market Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

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 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, the American-Italian Mafia, and the Hong Kong Triads).

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Challenging widely held views, this book presents a thorough account of the Russian Mafia. It charts the emergence of the group in the context of the transition to the market, the privatization of protection, and pervasive corruption. It includes 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, such as the Japanese Yakuza, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, and the American-Italian Mafia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780199279494
• ISBN-10: 0199279497
• Artikelnr.: 21537341

Autorenporträt

Federico Varese, University Lecturer in Criminology and Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

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 Services
III. The Russian Mafia
6: The Mafia in Perm
7: Mafia Ancestors: The vory-v-zakone, 1920s-1950s
8: The Rusian Mafia
Conclusion