Gangster States Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse
Description
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.
Keywords
Political ScienceInternational RelationsTrade & TariffsPublic PolicyEconomic PolicyBusiness & EconomicsDevelopmentEconomic DevelopmentSocial ScienceCriminologyHistory & Theory
2015Book
Author(s)K. Hirschfeld
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137490285
LanguageEnglish
