Gangs and governance in Russia
The paradox of law and lawlessness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12887174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Svetlana Stephenson (0000-0001-5249-8160, London Metropolitan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-133 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Crime (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-0572 • E-ISSN: 1744-0580 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17440572.2019.1645654 |
| OpenAlex | W2964720100 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
The paper addresses the nature of gang governance. It questions the notion that gangs regulate social and economic transactions and create stable orders in certain territories. It shows that, while presenting themselves as upholders of the ‘law’ in their territory, the gangs also create a climate of uncertainty and fear. The gangs manipulate their own unwritten rules and set up traps for residents and businessmen. These traps are designed to deprive non-gang civilians of presumed rights and identities and extort their money. The paper uses Schmitt’s notion of ‘state of exception’ and Agamben’s idea of ‘bare life’ to explain how gangs function
Corporate governance · Criminology · Economics · Law and economics · Lawlessness · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law
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State Building in Putin’s Russia
Violence and Social Orders
The paradoxes of organized crime
Seductions of Crime
Studies in ethnomethodology
The State of Exception
The Concept of the Political
How to Research Organized Crime
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American Project
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The Vory. Russia’s Super Mafia
The Sicilian Mafia
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Justiciers amateurs et croisades morales en Russie contemporaine
Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development
The Kazan Leviathan
The Nation-State and Violence
The Myth of Personal Security
From Max Weber
The Concept of the Political
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It takes two to tango
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |