Mark Galeotti, Keele University, UK Contributors: Mark Galeotti, Federico Varese, Yuri Glazov, Steven J. Staats, Gerald Mars, Yochanan Altman, W.E. Butler, Joseph D. Serio, Vyacheslav Razinkin, Stephen Handelman, Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, Patrick J. Ryan, Joseph L. Albini, R.E. Rogers, Victor Shabalin, Valery Kutushev, Vladimir Moiseev, Julie Anderson, Alexander S. Nikiforov, Louise I. Shelley, Alena V. Ledeneva, Svetlana P. Glinkina, Vadim Volkov, Lydia S. Rosner, Phil Williams, James Finckenauer, Elin Waring.

• Contents: Criminal Foundations: Criminal Russia: the traditions behind the headlines, Mark Galeotti; The society of the Vory-v-Zakone, 1930s - 1950s, Frederico Varese; 'Thieves' in the USSR - a social phenomenon, Yuri Glazov; Corruption in the Soviet system, Steven J Staats; The cultural bases of Soviet Georgia's 2nd economy, Gerald Mars and Yochanan Altman. What is the 'Mafiya'?: Crime and the Soviet Union: early glimpses of the true story, W.E. Butler; Thieves professing the code: the traditional role of the Vory-v-Zakone in Russia's criminal world and adaptations to a new social reality, Joseph D. Serio and Vyacheslav Razinkin; The Russian 'mafiya', Stephen Handelman; Primitive capitalist accumulation: Russia as a racket, Robert J. Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg and Patrick J. Ryan; Russian organized crime: its history, structure and function, Joseph L. Albini, R.E. Rogers, Victor Shabalin, Valery Kutushev, Vladimir Moiseev and Julie Anderson; Is Sicily the future of Russia?: private protection and the rise of the Russian mafia, Frederico Varese. Assessments: Organized crime in the west and in the former USSR: an attempted comparison, Alexander S. Nikiforov; Post-Soviet organized crime: implications for economic, social and political development, Louise I. Shelley; Organized crime in Russia today, Alena V. Ledeneva; Shunning tradition: ethnic organized crime in the former Soviet Union, Russian organized crime and the Russian economy, Joseph Serio. Privatizatsiya and Kriminalizatsiya: how organized crime is hijacking privatization, Svetlana P. Glinkina; Practices of exchange and networking in Russia, Alena V. Ledeneva; Violent entrepreneurship in post-Communist Russia, Vadim Volkov; The mafiya and the new Russia, Mark Galeotti. Global Russian Organized Crime: The sexy Russian mafia, Lydia S. Rosner; Hysteria, complacency and Russian organized crime, Phil Williams; Russian émigré crime in the United States: organized crime or crime that is organized?, James Finkenauer and Elin Waring; Inside the Russian Mafia, Mark Galeotti; Name index.

'...brings the past and present of criminal Russia together in a very informative and readable way'. Global Crime ’There [is]...a wealth of discussion for students using this as a course book...The collection of essays makes a significant contribution towards examination of Russian and post Soviet organised crime.’ East-West Review ’...would be useful to someone who is unfamiliar with the field.’ International Criminal Justice Review