"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, and politics operating within a
shadow world that is popularly referred to as the rule of the
mafia, or "Mafia Raj." Through intimate stories of the lives of
powerful and aspiring bosses in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh,
this book illustrates their personal struggles for sovereignty as
they climb the ladder of success. Ethnographically tracing the
particularities of the South Asian case, the authors theorize what
they call "the art of bossing," providing nuanced ideas about
crime, corruption, and the lure of the strongman across the world.
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