From fear to fraternity : a Russian tale of crime, economy and modernity / Patricia Rawlinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rawlinson, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--Russia (Federation).

Organized crime.

Post-communism.

Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pluto ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Telling Tales

2. Crime-Time Stories

3. From Bandits to Bolsheviks to Brezhnev

4. Shadowlands: The Gorbachev Years

5. Comrade Capitalists: The Tale of Crime and Economy in the 'New' Russia

6. The Sovietising of Western Society

7. From Fear to Fraternity

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-207) and index.

ISBN:

9781849641425

1849641420

OCLC:

656251830