Entering 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."
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