Rule by bosses? Criminal political economies in South Asia

Rule by bosses? Criminal political economies in South Asia

Mafia Raj provides fascinating ethnographic insight into South Asia's criminal bosses. But is “Mafia Raj” reducible to rule by bosses? And what explains the criminalization of capitalism in South Asia? While the volume does not answer these questions, it illuminates the need for an agrarian pol...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of agrarian change 2020-07, Vol.20 (3), p.504-511
1. Verfasser: Levien, Michael
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Capital
Capitalism
Corruption
Crime
criminality
Criminalization
Ethnography
mafia
Organized crime
Political economy
South Asia
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Zusammenfassung:Mafia Raj provides fascinating ethnographic insight into South Asia's criminal bosses. But is “Mafia Raj” reducible to rule by bosses? And what explains the criminalization of capitalism in South Asia? While the volume does not answer these questions, it illuminates the need for an agrarian political economy of criminal capital.
ISSN:1471-0358
1471-0366
DOI:10.1111/joac.12367