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Gangster States: Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse (International Political Economy Series)
Katherine Hirschfeld
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Description for Gangster States: Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse (International Political Economy Series)
Hardcover. The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states. The result is a new model that explains the expansion and contraction of political-economic complexity in prehistoric and contemporary societies. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVM; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states. The result is a new model that explains the expansion and contraction of political-economic complexity in prehistoric and contemporary societies.
The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states. The result is a new model that explains the expansion and contraction of political-economic complexity in prehistoric and contemporary societies.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137490285
SKU
V9781137490285
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99-15
About Katherine Hirschfeld
Katherine Hirschfeld is an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma, USA. She received her PhD in Anthropology from Emory University in 2001. Her research interests include the political economy of health, disease ecology and post-Soviet transitions. Among her previous publications figures the monograph Health, Politics and Revolution in Cuba since 1898 (2007).
Reviews for Gangster States: Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse (International Political Economy Series)
“Hirschfeld … has produced a gem of a work that is both multidisciplinary in its approach and intellectually seductive. Within the context of traditional organized crime studies, its amoral analytics may be viewed as highly disruptive–almost heretical–in nature. Contrarian and well executed works such as this should be greatly valued for their ‘out of the box’ perspectives and ability to ... Read more