LLCU 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Planned Economy, Eastern Promises
27 Nov 2017
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Thursday, november 09, 20017 -> class again: same time 6:30-9:30. Last text based off lecture 7-10 and textbook (yakuza, triade"s, and 3 movies . Fall of the wall: country transitioned from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. The vor: keeper of the code (vorovskoi zakon, guided behaviour of himself and followers, thieves justice = vorovskaia spravedlivost, settles disputes and sanctioned any violations of the code, did not reply or required outside enforcement/ aid. Peter the great (1695-1725: ruled russia, country swarmed by thieves, thieves did not have any cooperation among them, maverick = lone wolf. Indoctrination into criminal groups: had membership fee, used nicknames, nicknames give members/ individuals a status in the criminal organization, no nickname associated with ranking, use of argot (fenia) 19th century: first sign of a criminal boss, division of tasks in oc, adopted the creation of structured organization.
