Joining theories of states and state formation with theories of illegal practices, this pioneering book traces the unholy alliance of official practices with criminality.
"Joining theories of states and state formation with theories of illegal practices, this pioneering book traces the unholy alliance of official practices with criminality. Criminal subcultures, mafias and gangs have been the subject of a great deal of attention, as have formal p…
Joining theories of states and state formation with theories of illegal practices, this pioneering book traces the unholy alliance of official practices with criminality.
Victorian Britain is often considered as the high point of 'laissez-faire', the place and the time when people were most 'free' to make their own lives without the aid or interference of the State. This book, by historians of state and society, asks to what extent that was true …
