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Author: Patricia Rawlinson
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.366kg
ISBN: 9780745318684
ISBN 10: 0745318681
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 02 February 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This fascinating book is a must for those interested in transitional societies, the shift from state communism to varieties of capitalism in the former Soviet Union and in Russia, the discourse on organized crime' and the symbiotic role of such crime in relation to the state and economic enterprises. Rawlinson's intriguing and even chilling analysis is presented in a highly readable and lively style making this an impressive piece of work that is accessible to a wide audience. -- Dr Maurice Punch, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and King's College London This book challenges the orthodox understandings of Russian organised crime and tears away the political agendas that misrepresent Russia's experience of capitalism and socialism. Rawlinson exposes the real dangers that threaten the values both of Russia and the West. The sovietization of the West goes on at increasing speed, making a mockery of Fukuyama's image of an end of History. -- Boris Kashnikov, Professor at the Moscow Higher School of Economics
'Challenges the orthodox understandings of Russian organised crime and tears away the political agendas that misrepresent Russia's experience of capitalism and socialism, making a mockery of Fukuyama's image of an end of history' -- Boris Kashnikov, Professor at the Moscow Higher School of Economics 'Rawlinson's intriguing and even chilling analysis is presented in a highly readable and lively style making this an impressive piece of work' -- Dr Maurice Punch, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and King`s College London
'Rawlinson's intriguing and even chilling analysis is presented in a highly readable and lively style making this an impressive piece of work' -- Dr Maurice Punch, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and King`s College London 'Challenges the orthodox understandings of Russian organised crime and tears away the political agendas that misrepresent Russia's experience of capitalism and socialism, making a mockery of Fukuyama's image of an end of history' -- Boris Kashnikov, Professor at the Moscow Higher School of Economics
Author Information
Patricia Rawlinson is one of the leading experts on Russian and Eastern European organised crime. She is a lecturer in Criminology at the London School of Economics and the author of From Fear to Fraternity: A Russian Tale of Crime, Economy and Modernity (Pluto, 2010).
