The wild East : criminal political economies in South Asia - Harriss-White, Barbara, 1946-; Michelutti, Lucia (UCL Press, 2019)
Introduction -- The criminal economics and politics of black coal in Jharkhand, 2014 -- Jharia$1 (Bs century-old fire kept ablaze by crime and politics -- Sand and the politics of plunder in Tamil Nadu, India -- Himalayan hydro-criminality? Dams, development and politics in Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Crime in the air: spectrum markets and the telecommunications sector in India -- The inter-state criminal life of sand and oil in North India -- 'Red sanders mafia$1 (Bin South India: violence, electoral democracy and labour -- The 'land and real estate mafia$1 (B, West Bengal, East India -- Politics, capital, and land grabs in Punjab, India -- The politics of contracting in provincial Bangladesh -- Putting out the Baldia factory fire: how the trial of Karachi's industrial capitalism did not happen.s
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Commercial crimes -- India; Commercial crimes -- Pakistan; Commercial crimes -- Bangladesh; Business enterprises -- Corrupt practices -- India; Business enterprises -- Corrupt practices -- Pakistan; Business enterprises -- Corrupt practices -- Bangladesh