Introduction : understanding the rule of bosses -- Backdrops -- The rookie / Ashraf Hoque -- The bluffer / Nicolas Martin -- The henchman / David Picherit -- The adjudicators / Paul Rollier -- Lady Dabang / Lucia Michelutti -- The godfather / Arild Engelsen Ruud -- The legend / …
" ... [The] term [Mafia raj] ... refers to to the diffuse sphere of crime, business, and politics operating within a shadow world that is popularly referred to as the rule of the mafia ... Through intimate stories of the lives of powerful and aspiring bosses in India, Pakistan, …
" ... [The] term [Mafia raj] ... refers to the diffuse sphere of crime, business, and politics operating within a shadow world that is popularly referred to as the rule of the mafia ... Through intimate stories of the lives of powerful and aspiring bosses in India, Pakistan, and…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction -- 1 The village -- 2 Debt and bondage -- 3 Electoral politics and the reproduction of inequality -- 4 The enemy of my enemy is my friend -- 5 Elections and devolut…
