LEADER 03654nam 2200637 450 001 9910798110903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-0328-5 010 $a1-5017-0329-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501703294 035 $a(CKB)3710000000656843 035 $a(EBL)4517880 035 $a(DE-B1597)515874 035 $a(OCoLC)1091662188 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501703294 035 $a(OCoLC)1100890285 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58275 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4517880 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11204946 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL954317 035 $a(OCoLC)948925765 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4517880 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000656843 100 $a20160516h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aViolent entrepreneurs $ethe use of force in the making of Russian capitalism /$fVadim Volkov 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2002. 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (220 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8014-8778-1 311 $a0-8014-4016-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aVeblen's warning -- Violent entrepreneurship -- The violence-managing agency -- Bandits and capitalists -- The privatization of the power ministries -- The politics of state formation. 330 $aEntering 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 associated with the state-which multiplied with the liberal reforms of the early 1990s. This competition provides an unusual window on the dynamics of state formation. Violent Entrepreneurs is remarkable for its research. Volkov conducted numerous interviews with members of criminal groups, heads of protection companies, law enforcement employees, and businesspeople. He bases his findings on journalistic and anecdotal evidence as well as on his own personal observation. Volkov investigates the making of violence-prone groups in sports clubs (particularly martial arts clubs), associations for veterans of the Soviet-Afghan war, ethnic gangs, and regionally based social groups, and he traces the changes in their activities across the decade. Some groups wore state uniforms and others did not, but all of their members spoke and acted essentially the same and were engaged in the same activities: intimidation, protection, information gathering, dispute management, contract enforcement, and taxation. Each group controlled the same resource-organized violence. 606 $aOrganized crime$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aCapitalism$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aLaw enforcement$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xSocial conditions$y1991- 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991- 615 0$aOrganized crime 615 0$aCapitalism 615 0$aLaw enforcement 676 $a364.1/06/0947 700 $aVolkov$b Vadim$f1965-$01524086 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798110903321 996 $aViolent entrepreneurs$93764592 997 $aUNINA