Russian and Post-Soviet Organized Crime / Edition 1

by Mark Galeotti

Overview

A timely look at a widespread yet largely uninvestigated area of Russian life. Chapters include: consideration of the history and basis in culture for the organization of crime in Russia; the actions of émigrés to the USA; and the development of modern sophistications of exchange and networking that currently blight privatization. Diverse perspectives, including comparative, structural and ethnic frameworks, give unprecedented national and international insights into a pervasive element of modern Russia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780754621768
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/20/2002
Series:	The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark Galeotti

Table of Contents

Contents: Criminal Foundations: Criminal Russia: the traditions behind the headlines, Mark Galeotti; The society of the Vory-v-Zakone, 1930s - 1950s, Frederico Varese; 'Thieves' in the USSR - a social phenomenon, Yuri Glazov; Corruption in the Soviet system, Steven J Staats; The cultural bases of Soviet Georgia's 2nd economy, Gerald Mars and Yochanan Altman. What is the 'Mafiya'?: Crime and the Soviet Union: early glimpses of the true story, W.E. Butler; Thieves professing the code: the traditional role of the Vory-v-Zakone in Russia's criminal world and adaptations to a new social reality, Joseph D. Serio and Vyacheslav Razinkin; The Russian 'mafiya', Stephen Handelman; Primitive capitalist accumulation: Russia as a racket, Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg and Patrick J. Ryan; Russian organized crime: its history, structure and function, Joseph L. Albini, R.E. Rogers, Victor Shabalin, Valery Kutushev, Vladimir Moiseev and Julie Anderson; Is Sicily the future of Russia?: private protection and the rise of the Russian mafia, Frederico Varese. Assessments: Organized crime in the west and in the former USSR: an attempted comparison, Alexander S. Nikiforov; Post-Soviet organized crime: implications for economic, social and political development, Louise I. Shelley; Organized crime in Russia today, Alena V. Ledeneva; Shunning tradition: ethnic organized crime in the former Soviet Union, Russian organized crime and the Russian economy, Joseph Serio. Privatizatsiya and Kriminalizatsiya: how organized crime is hijacking privatization, Svetlana P. Glinkina; Practices of exchange and networking in Russia, Alena V. Ledeneva; Violent entrepreneurship in post-Communist Russia, Vadim Volkov; The mafiya and the new Russia, Mark Galeotti. Global Russian Organized Crime: The sexy Russian mafia, Lydia S. Rosner; Hysteria, complacency and Russian organized crime, Phil Williams; Russian émigré crime in the United States: organized crime or crime that is organized?, James Finkenauer and Elin Waring; Inside the Russian Mafia, Mark Galeotti; Name index.

Editorial Reviews

'...brings the past and present of criminal Russia together in a very informative and readable way'. Global Crime There [is]...a wealth of discussion for students using this as a course book...The collection of essays makes a significant contribution towards examination of Russian and post Soviet organised crime. East-West Review ...would be useful to someone who is unfamiliar with the field. International Criminal Justice Review

From the Publisher

The series of topic-specific volumes that reproduces articles from criminology journals, here turns its gaze on the new and distinctive form of organized crime that has crawled from beneath the ruins of the Soviet Union. A beginning section looks at criminal foundations in five articles mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. The rest of the 23 articles are from the 1990s, and cover what the is, assessments, Russian organized crime and the Russian economy, and the global dimensions of Russian organized crime. There is no subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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