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Author Rawlinson, Patricia.

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

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

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Telling tales -- Crime-time stories -- From bandits to Bolsheviks to Brezhnev -- Shadowlands: the Gorbachev years -- Comrade capitalists: the tale of crime and economy in the 'new' Russia -- The Sovietising of western society -- From fear to fraternity.
Summary A unique analysis of the development of Russian organised crime. 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.
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Subject Organized crime -- Russia (Federation)
Organized crime.
Russia (Federation)
Post-communism.
Post-communism.
Russia (Federation) -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1985-2005
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Rawlinson, Patricia. From fear to fraternity. London ; New York : Pluto ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 9780745318684 (OCoLC)302231188
ISBN 9781849641425 (electronic book)
1849641420 (electronic book)
9780745318684 (alkaline paper)
0745318681 (alkaline paper)
9780745318677 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0745318673 (paperback ; alkaline paper)