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The Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia - Coercive Capital, Authority and Street Politics (Hardcover, New)
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The Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia - Coercive Capital, Authority and Street Politics (Hardcover, New)
Series: Asia's Transformations
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Gangs and militias have been a persistent feature of social and
political life in Indonesia. During the authoritarian New Order
regime they constituted part of a vast network of sub-contracted
coercion and social control on behalf of the state. Indonesia's
subsequent democratisation has seen gangs adapt to and take
advantage of the changed political context. New types of populist
street based organisations have emerged that combine predatory
rent-seeking with claims of representing marginalised social and
economic groups. Based on extensive fieldwork in Jakarta this book
provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing relationship
between gangs, militias and political power and authority in
post-New Order Indonesia. It argues that gangs and militias have
manufactured various types of legitimacy in consolidating localised
territorial monopolies and protection economies. As mediators
between the informal politics of the street and the world of formal
politics they have become often influential brokers in Indonesia's
decentralised electoral democracy. More than mere criminal
extortion, it is argued that the protection racket as a social
relation of coercion and domination remains a salient feature of
Indonesia's post-authoritarian political landscape. This
ground-breaking study will be of interest to students and scholars
of Indonesian and Southeast Asian politics, political violence,
gangs and urban politics.
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