Wild East: Crime and Lawlessness in Post-communist Russia

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