Lucia Michelutti, Ashraf Hoque, Martin, Nicolas, David Picherit et al.
"Mafia" has become an indigenous South Asian term. Like Italian mobsters, the South Asian "gangster politicians" are known for inflicting brutal violence while simultaneously upholding vigilante justice―inspiring fear and fantasy. But the term also refers to the diffuse spheres of crime, business, a...
David Picherit, Paul Rollier, Arild Engelsen Ruud, ClarindaVE Still et al.
Offering ethnographic depth that will be invaluable to students and scholars of politics and anthropology in South Asia, Mafia Raj examines the everyday workings of bosses across seven towns in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The authors craft a cogent, but uniquely multifaceted, view of the persona...