Piacentini, Laura <br/><br/>
Surviving russian prisons :  punishment, economy and politics in transition 
by Laura Piacentini. 
 - U.K. :   Willan Pub.,  2004. 
 - 220 p. 
<br/><br/> Table of contents:<br/>Chapter 1. Context of research and methodology <br/>Chapter 2. Prison labour, reform and economics : a review of the literature <br/>Chapter 3. Filling the void : Russia's new 'penal identities' <br/>Chapter 4. Barter : Russia's 'penal micro-economy' <br/>Chapter 5. Penal ideology in transition : identification in geographical spaces <br/>Chapter 6. Prison practices that test the limits of human rights norms <br/>Chapter 7. Western borrowings : how human rights have 'travelled' to Russian prisons <br/>Chapter 8. Beyond the metaphor : the phenomenon of 'failed penal societies'. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781843921035 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Penal and related institutions.<br/>Prisons--Russia (Federation).
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365.947  / PIA/SUR