Gangs of Russia
Subtitle: from the streets to the corridors of power
By: Svetlana Stephenson
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ithaca, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780801453878; 9781501700248
Subjects: Social conditions; Organized crime; Political corruption; Gangs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-267) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: In the shadow of the State; title: Street organizations and gangs in Russia; title: The transformation of gangs in the 1990s; title: The business of bandit gangs: from predation to assimilation; title: Gang organization; title: Street trajectories; title: The gang in the community; title: Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code; title: Navigating the world of violence; title: Gang culture and the wider Russian society; title: Conclusion: Out of the shadows?