Hoque, A;
Michelutti, L;
(2018)
Brushing with Organized Crime and Democracy: The Art of Making Do in South Asia.
Journal of Asian Studies
, 77
(4)
pp. 991-1011.
10.1017/S0021911818000955.
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Abstract
This article explores the performances of a particular category of young men often derogatively referred to as “chamchas” (sycophants) who are using the art of making do (jugaad) by exploiting and bluffing links with powerful political networks and political parties, as well as friendships with strongmen and their criminal crews. Crucially, the comparative ethnography across India (western Uttar Pradesh) and Bangladesh (Sylhet) introduces readers to the “contact zone” where legality, semi-legality, and organized criminal systems meet. In so doing, the article unravels the working of the democratically elected “Mafia Raj.”
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Brushing with Organized Crime and Democracy: The Art of Making Do in South Asia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0021911818000955 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911818000955 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Anthropology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057161 |
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