1st Edition
The Wild East: Crime and Lawlessness in Post-communist Russia Crime and Lawlessness in Post-communist Russia
By Viktor Sergeev
Copyright 1998
208 Pages
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Routledge
This analysis of the corruption and violent crime in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, asks how it is possible to label and control certain behaviours as deviant in a context where the legal and moral-ethical norms of a collapsed regime have been discredited but not replaced.
Preface, Introduction, PART I. MORAL PRACTICES AND THE LAW: FORMAL AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS IN A SOCIETY IN TRANSITION, PART II. NEW SOCIAL PHENOMENA AND CRIME IN POST-COMMUNIST RUSSIA, Conclusion: The Wild East, Notes, Index
Biography
Viktor Sergeev
