The hidden history of crime, corruption, and states / edited by Renate Bridenthal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bridenthal, Renate.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Political aspects--History.

Crime.

Crime--Economic aspects--History.

Political corruption--History.

Political corruption.

Political crimes and offenses--History.

Political crimes and offenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Renowned historical sociologist Charles Tilly wrote many years ago that "banditry, piracy, gangland rivalry, policing, and war-making all belong on the same continuum." This volume pursues the idea by revealing how lawbreakers and lawmakers have related to one another on the shadowy terrains of power over wide stretches of time and space. Illicit activities and forces have been more important in state building and state maintenance than conventional histories have acknowledged. Covering vast chronological and global terrain, this book traces the contested and often overlapping boundaries betw

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Dirty Politics or "Harmonie"?; 2. A Crisis of Charter and Right; 3. The First War on Drugs; 4. Befitting Bedfellows; 5. Mobilizing Convict Bodies; 6. The Underside of Overseas Chinese Society in Southeast Asia; 7. A Historical Perspective on State Engagement in Informal Trade on the Uganda-Congo Border; 8. The Narcobourgeoisie and State Making in Colombia; 9. Russia's Gangster Capitalism; 10. Economic Crime and Neoliberal Modes of Government; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2013).

ISBN:

9781785335181

1785335189

9781785396144

1785396145

9781782380399

1782380396

OCLC:

859536368