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9780198297369

The Russian Mafia Private Protection in a New Market Economy

by Varese, Federico
  • ISBN13:

    9780198297369

  • ISBN10:

    019829736X

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780191522840

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    9780191522840

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-10-11
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

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 theRussian 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 toforge a powerful new identity and compete in a crowded market for protection. The book draws on and 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 alsoprovides a comparative study, making references to other Mafia (the Japanese Yakuza, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, American-Italian Mafia and the Hong Kong Triads).

Author Biography

Federico Varese, Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
xi
List of Tables
xii
List of Russian Abbreviations and Acronyms
xiii
Introduction 1(16)
I. THE TRANSITION TO THE MARKET AND PROTECTION IN RUSSIA
The Transition to the Market
17(20)
The State as Supplier of Protection
37(18)
Varieties of Protectors
55(20)
II. PRIVATE PROTECTION IN PERM
Searching for Protection
75(27)
The Contract and the Services
102(21)
III. THE RUSSIAN MAFIA
The Mafia in Perm
123(22)
Mafia Ancestors: The vory-v-zakone, 1920s--1950s
145(22)
The Russian Mafia
167(20)
Conclusion 187(5)
Appendix A: Aliases in the Soviet and Russian Underworld 192(10)
Appendix B: The Destination of the Soviet Elite in Perm 202(4)
List of Respondents and Interview Content 206(5)
Notes 211(47)
Bibliography 258(17)
Index 275

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