1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973886303321

Autore

Daly Jonathan W

Titolo

Crime and punishment in Russia : from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin / / Jonathan Daly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, [2018]

ISBN

9781474224390

1474224393

9781474224376

1474224377

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 236 pages)

Collana

Bloomsbury history of modern Russia series

Disciplina

364.947

Soggetti

Crime - Russia - History

Crime - Russia (Federation) - History

Punishment - Russia - History

Punishment - Russia (Federation) - History

Criminal justice, Administration of - Russia - History

Criminal justice, Administration of - Russia (Federation) - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Eighteenth-century Russia -- Nineteenth-century Russia before the emancipation -- From the great reforms to revolution -- The era of Lenin -- The era of Stalin -- The USSR under "mature socialism" -- Criminal justice since the collapse of communism -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Works cited.

Sommario/riassunto

"Crime and Punishment in Russia surveys the evolution of criminal justice in Russia during a span of more than 300 years, from the early modern era to the present day. Maps, organizational charts, a list of important dates, and a glossary help the reader to navigate key institutional, legal, political, and cultural developments in this evolution. The book approaches Russia both on its own terms and in light of changes in Europe and the wider West, to which Russia's rulers and educated elites continuously looked for legal models and inspiration. It examines the weak advancement of the rule of the law over the period and analyzes the contrasts and seeming contradictions



of a society in which capital punishment was sharply restricted in the mid-1700s, while penal and administrative exile remained heavily applied until 1917 and even beyond. Daly also provides concise political, social, and economic contextual detail, showing how the story of crime and punishment fits into the broader narrative of modern Russian history. This is an important and useful book for all students of modern Russian history as well as of the history of crime and punishment in modern Europe."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970236803321

Titolo

Confusion : the making of the Australian two-party system / / editors, Paul Strangio, Nick Dyrenfurth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Melbourne, : MUP Academic Digital, 2009

ISBN

9780522860030

0522860036

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

StrangioPaul

DyrenfurthNick

Disciplina

324.29407

Soggetti

Political parties - Australia - History

Australia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Parties; 1 'the fortunes of my own little band':; 2 'for the sake of a straight out fight':; 3 'Vote down the conspiracy':; Part II: Other Perspectives; 4 'so manifestly unreal and irrelevant':; 5 'an intensity of feeling such as I had never before witnessed':; 6 'politics among the people':; 7 'My heart bleeds':; Part III: Legacies; 8 Whatever Happened to Deakinite Liberalism?; 9 Whatever Happened to Free Trade Liberalism?; 10 'from a purely working class standpoint':; Index; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

In Confusion, some of Australia's foremost political historians including Judith Brett and Stuart Macintyre revisit the seminal moment when



liberals threw in their lot with the conservatives. In May 1909, Alfred Deakin, the radical liberal doyen, struck an agreement for a controversial 'fusion' with the anti-Labor factions, with the new grouping later adopting the name 'Liberal Party'. After a heated campaign, Labor won the 1910 election, forming the first majority government in the history of the Commonwealth. The Australian party system—as we still largely know it one hundred years on—had crystallised. How had this occurred? For most of the previous decade Labor and Deakin had been allies. Was the anti-Labor alliance the inevitable outcome of middle-class men rallying against the growing electoral might of the workers' party? What were the long-term consequences for both sides of politics? With Labor in power federally and in all but one state, the non-Labor side of politics has been plunged into a period of introspection about its coalition arrangements, and about the legitimate traditions of Australian liberalism. Can the current Liberals learn from the events of a century ago?