Federico Varese, Assistant Professor of Sociology (2002-2003)

Laurea, University of Bologna; M.Phil, Cambridge University; D.Phil Oxford University

 MAJOR INTERESTS

• Analytical sociology
• Altruism
• Russian society
• Organized crime & corruption

 SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• 'Is Sicily the Future of Russia? Private Protection and the Emergence of the Russian Mafia', Archives Européenes de Sociologie, 1994.
• 'The Transition to the Market and Corruption in Post-socialist Russia," Political Studies, 1997.
• 'The Society of the Vory-v-Zakone, 1930s-1950s," Cahiers du Monde Russe, 1998. ··
• "Pervasive Corruption," in A Ledeneva and M Kurkchiyan (eds.), Economic Crime in Russia. 2000.
• (with M. Yaish), 'The Importance of Being Asked: The Rescue of Jews in Nazi Europe," Rationality and Society, 2000.
• (with A. Smith), "Payment, Protection and Punishment: the Role of Information and Reputation in the Mafia," Rationality and Society, 2001.
• The Russian Mafia: Private Protection in a New Market Economy (Oxford University Press), 2001.