The Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia: Coercive Capital, Authority and Street Politics

by Ian Douglas Wilson

Book Overview

Gangs and militias have been a persistent feature of social and political life in Indonesia. Based on extensive fieldwork 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, and that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113830252X
• ISBN13: 9781138302525
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"