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Author Michelutti, Lucia

Title Mafia Raj : the Rule of Bosses in South Asia
Published Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (349 pages)
Series South Asia in Motion Ser
South Asia in Motion Ser
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Understanding the Rule of Bosses in South Asia; 1. Backdrops; 2. The Rookie; 3. The Bluffer; 4. The Henchman; 5. The Adjudicators; 6. Lady Dabang; 7. The Godfather; 8. The Legend; Conclusion: The Art of Bossing; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; V; Y; Z; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary 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 personal struggles for sovereignty of seven distinct types of strongmen as they ascend the ladder of power
Notes Print version record
Subject Organized crime-Political aspects-South Asia
Criminals-South Asia-Biography
Politicians-South Asia-Biography
Form Electronic book
Author Hoque, Ashraf
Martin, Nicolas
Picherit, David
Rollier, Paul
Ruud, Arild E
Still, Clarinda
ISBN 9781503607323
1503607321