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Author Stephenson, Svetlana, 1962- author.

Title Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power / Svetlana Stephenson.

Publication Info. Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
2015

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents In the shadow of the State -- The history of street organizations and gangs in Russia -- The transformation of gangs in the 1990s -- The business of gruppirovki: from predation to assimilation -- Gang organization -- Street trajectories -- The gang in the community -- Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code -- Navigating the world of violence -- Gang culture and the wider Russian society.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Gangs -- Russia (Federation)
Organized crime -- Russia (Federation)
Political corruption -- Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Stephenson, Svetlana. Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015 9781501700248
ISBN 9780801453878 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781501700248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781501701689 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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