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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790681003321

Titolo

The hidden history of crime, corruption, and states / / edited by Renate Bridenthal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-78533-518-9

1-78539-614-5

1-78238-039-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BridenthalRenate

Disciplina

364.10973

Soggetti

Crime - Political aspects - History

Crime - Economic aspects - History

Political corruption - History

Political crimes and offenses - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Dirty Politics or "Harmonie"?; 2. A Crisis of Charter and Right; 3. The First War on Drugs; 4. Befitting Bedfellows; 5. Mobilizing Convict Bodies; 6. The Underside of Overseas Chinese Society in Southeast Asia; 7. A Historical Perspective on State Engagement in Informal Trade on the Uganda-Congo Border; 8. The Narcobourgeoisie and State Making in Colombia; 9. Russia's Gangster Capitalism; 10. Economic Crime and Neoliberal Modes of Government; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Renowned historical sociologist Charles Tilly wrote many years ago that "banditry, piracy, gangland rivalry, policing, and war-making all belong on the same continuum." This volume pursues the idea by revealing how lawbreakers and lawmakers have related to one another on the shadowy terrains of power over wide stretches of time and space. Illicit activities and forces have been more important in state building and state maintenance than conventional histories have acknowledged. Covering vast chronological and global terrain, this book traces the contested and often overlapping boundaries betw