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Organized Crime, Political Transitions and State Formation in Post-Soviet Eurasia

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  • © 2012

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  1. Alexander Kupatadze
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Part of the book series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security (TCCCS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Political-Criminal Nexus and Patterns of Dominance

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 26-45

  4. Impact of Soviet and Post-Soviet Organized Crime

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 46-89

  5. Ukraine — Privatization and Re-privatization: From Shadowy Takeovers to Corporate Raiding

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 90-115

  6. Georgia — Extortion: From Professional Criminals to the ‘Revolutionary Government’

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 116-139

  7. Kyrgyzstan — Drug Trafficking: From Sportsmeny and Ugalovniki to Police and Elites

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 140-152

  8. The Coloured Revolutions and Their Consequences

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 153-180

  9. Organized Crime, Political Transitions and State Formation

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 181-193

  10. Conclusion

    • Alexander Kupatadze
    Pages 194-195

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 196-256
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About this book

Based on over 130 interviews with criminals, law enforcement officials and government representatives from post-Soviet Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, this book situates organized crime in the debate on state formation and examines the diverging patterns in organized crime following the aftermath of these countries' Coloured Revolutions.

About the author

ALEXANDER KUPATADZEis a scholar with many years of experience in studying organized crime and corruption issues in post-Soviet Eurasia. He obtained his PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, UK, and has held teaching and research positions at the Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Tbilisi, Georgia, OSCE academy of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, USA.

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