Vadim Volkov
Biographic Data
| ID | 267229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vadim Volkov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vadim |
| FAMILY NAME | Volkov |
| SIGNATURE | VOLKOV V |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University at Saint Petersburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4726-2465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The problem of irreversibility
The problem of irreversibility was raised in the second half of the 19th century in thermodynamics and, a few years later, in evolutionary biology. In the 1970s, economists accounted for the problem of irreversibility in the context of human-driven ecological change. Social theory missed the problem – with regard to social reality it did not receive any attention. This paper seeks to fill the gap. In order to do so irreversibility has to be redef…
Whither repeat players? Litigation experience and success in court
The prosecutor effect in trials for petty violent offences in Russia
The paper utilises the duality of criminal procedure in Russia - with or without the participation of public prosecutor - to compare trial outcomes for petty violent offences in the two types of trial and examine the effects associated with the participation of the public prosecutor in court. Controlling for the selection of cases into the public prosecutor track as well as for legal and extralegal characteristics of offence and offender, the ana…
Violent Entrepreneurs
Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies—criminal groups, private security services, private protection companies, and informal protective agencies assoc…
The Rise and Extinction of the Russian Mafia
The State of Democracy
The character of the state plays a major role in determining whether the transition from authoritarianism to democracy succeeds or fails. In the case of South Africa, the state remained relatively intact through the transition, even if its institutional fabric was weakened in ways which affected the capacity to control crime and corruption. In the case of post-Soviet Russia, the transition was far deeper and more wide-ranging, producing a more se…
Mafia in the Mirror of Sociology
Главный редактор журнала -Радаев Вадим Валерьевич, д. э. н., зав.кафедрой экономической социологии ГУ-ВШЭ
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 9
4 ( .. ) 6 .. . : ()12 .. . 9 ()39 ., - . ( .. )
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 7
Содержание Вступительное слово главного редактора Интервью Уолтер Пауэлл (перевод М.С.Добряковой) Новые тексты Рощина Я.М.Формальные и неформальные издержки поступления в вуз: сколько мы готовы платить?Волков В.В.Силовое предпринимательство.Глава 7 Новые переводы Флигстин Н. Рынки как политика: политико-культурный подход к рыночным институтам (перевод М
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 6
4 .....6 .. ?...............18 .. ( )
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 4
The author analyzes the problem of continuity and changes in the underworld in Russia after the state socialism system broke down. There is an attempt of sociological reconstruction of basic characteristics of the thieves’ society, of understanding its system of norms and their functions in this part 4. The contradictions and conflicts that appear due to the differences in the thieves’ and gangsters’ subcultures are in the focus. The author claim…
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 5
4 ( .. )6 ( .. )...13
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Introduction. Part 1
In the first part and in the introduction the author gives the frames for the research of force entrepreneurship in Russia and on the basis of the rich empirical materials and the methodological approach of institutionalism formulates the questions, which will be in the focus of the book. What social-economic conditions led to the quick formation of the organized crime groups and other private force structures? Who became a member of them? What w…
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 2
Проект осуществляется при поддержке
Gewaltunternehmer im postkommunistischen Russland
The article examines the role of violent entrepreneurship in the process of state- and market building in post-communist Russia. The crisis of the state is the reason for the boom of violent entrepreneurship that can be classified into three different types, depending on their relation to the state. Main emphasis is put on the relationship between the recently emerging forms of commercialization of violence and the criminal world. The article sho…
Les entreprises de violence dans la Russie postcommuniste
Les entreprises de violence dans la Russie postcommuniste Vadim Volkov L'article traite du rôle de la violence organisée dans le processus de formation de l'Etat et du marché en Russie depuis la fin du régime communiste. La principale fonction des entreprises de violence, qu'elles soient légales ou illégales, consiste dans le « partenariat imposé » : à savoir l'usage réel ou potentiel, de la part d'un groupe organisé, de la force, afin de mainten…
Between Economy and the State
This article explores how the segments of the state police and security organs were transformed into a large private security industry in Russia after 1992. As market reforms were launched, the numbers of private property owners grew dramatically, but the state institutions for the protection of property and dispute settlement were either absent or defunct. This gap was consequently filled with various private institutions, private protection com…
Violent Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Russia
(1999). Violent Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Russia. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 741-754
Violent Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Russia
(1999). Violent Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Russia. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 741-754
Between Economy and the State
This article explores how the segments of the state police and security organs were transformed into a large private security industry in Russia after 1992. As market reforms were launched, the numbers of private property owners grew dramatically, but the state institutions for the protection of property and dispute settlement were either absent or defunct. This gap was consequently filled with various private institutions, private protection com…
Gewaltunternehmer im postkommunistischen Russland
The article examines the role of violent entrepreneurship in the process of state- and market building in post-communist Russia. The crisis of the state is the reason for the boom of violent entrepreneurship that can be classified into three different types, depending on their relation to the state. Main emphasis is put on the relationship between the recently emerging forms of commercialization of violence and the criminal world. The article sho…
Violent Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Russia
(1999). Violent Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Russia. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 741-754
Gewaltunternehmer im postkommunistischen Russland
The article examines the role of violent entrepreneurship in the process of state- and market building in post-communist Russia. The crisis of the state is the reason for the boom of violent entrepreneurship that can be classified into three different types, depending on their relation to the state. Main emphasis is put on the relationship between the recently emerging forms of commercialization of violence and the criminal world. The article sho…
Les entreprises de violence dans la Russie postcommuniste
Les entreprises de violence dans la Russie postcommuniste Vadim Volkov L'article traite du rôle de la violence organisée dans le processus de formation de l'Etat et du marché en Russie depuis la fin du régime communiste. La principale fonction des entreprises de violence, qu'elles soient légales ou illégales, consiste dans le « partenariat imposé » : à savoir l'usage réel ou potentiel, de la part d'un groupe organisé, de la force, afin de mainten…
Between Economy and the State
This article explores how the segments of the state police and security organs were transformed into a large private security industry in Russia after 1992. As market reforms were launched, the numbers of private property owners grew dramatically, but the state institutions for the protection of property and dispute settlement were either absent or defunct. This gap was consequently filled with various private institutions, private protection com…
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 6
4 .....6 .. ?...............18 .. ( )
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 4
The author analyzes the problem of continuity and changes in the underworld in Russia after the state socialism system broke down. There is an attempt of sociological reconstruction of basic characteristics of the thieves’ society, of understanding its system of norms and their functions in this part 4. The contradictions and conflicts that appear due to the differences in the thieves’ and gangsters’ subcultures are in the focus. The author claim…
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 5
4 ( .. )6 ( .. )...13
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Introduction. Part 1
In the first part and in the introduction the author gives the frames for the research of force entrepreneurship in Russia and on the basis of the rich empirical materials and the methodological approach of institutionalism formulates the questions, which will be in the focus of the book. What social-economic conditions led to the quick formation of the organized crime groups and other private force structures? Who became a member of them? What w…
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 2
Проект осуществляется при поддержке
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 9
4 ( .. ) 6 .. . : ()12 .. . 9 ()39 ., - . ( .. )
Force Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Russia. Part 7
Содержание Вступительное слово главного редактора Интервью Уолтер Пауэлл (перевод М.С.Добряковой) Новые тексты Рощина Я.М.Формальные и неформальные издержки поступления в вуз: сколько мы готовы платить?Волков В.В.Силовое предпринимательство.Глава 7 Новые переводы Флигстин Н. Рынки как политика: политико-культурный подход к рыночным институтам (перевод М
Mafia in the Mirror of Sociology
Главный редактор журнала -Радаев Вадим Валерьевич, д. э. н., зав.кафедрой экономической социологии ГУ-ВШЭ
The State of Democracy
The character of the state plays a major role in determining whether the transition from authoritarianism to democracy succeeds or fails. In the case of South Africa, the state remained relatively intact through the transition, even if its institutional fabric was weakened in ways which affected the capacity to control crime and corruption. In the case of post-Soviet Russia, the transition was far deeper and more wide-ranging, producing a more se…
The Rise and Extinction of the Russian Mafia
Violent Entrepreneurs
Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies—criminal groups, private security services, private protection companies, and informal protective agencies assoc…
The prosecutor effect in trials for petty violent offences in Russia
The paper utilises the duality of criminal procedure in Russia - with or without the participation of public prosecutor - to compare trial outcomes for petty violent offences in the two types of trial and examine the effects associated with the participation of the public prosecutor in court. Controlling for the selection of cases into the public prosecutor track as well as for legal and extralegal characteristics of offence and offender, the ana…
The problem of irreversibility
The problem of irreversibility was raised in the second half of the 19th century in thermodynamics and, a few years later, in evolutionary biology. In the 1970s, economists accounted for the problem of irreversibility in the context of human-driven ecological change. Social theory missed the problem – with regard to social reality it did not receive any attention. This paper seeks to fill the gap. In order to do so irreversibility has to be redef…
Whither repeat players? Litigation experience and success in court
Political science (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Entrepreneurship (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Russia and Soviet political economy (8 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (5 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)