How gun control policies evolve: Gun culture, ‘gunscapes’ and political contingency in post-Soviet Georgia

We analyse the influence of gun culture and exogenous political events on gun regulation in post-Soviet Georgia. While neighbouring states retain restrictive Soviet-era gun laws, in Georgia, state failure, armed conflict and proliferation of weapons during the 1990s all impelled recent governments t...

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Autor principal: Light, Matthew (Autor)
Otros Autores: Slonimerov, Eugene
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
En: Theoretical criminology
Año: 2020, Volumen: 24, Número: 4, Páginas: 590-611
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Conflict
Firearms
Guns
Police and policing
Post-communism
Regulation
Vigilantism
Republic of Georgia