Outsourcing Repression

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Outsourcing Repression

Author	: Lynette H. Ong
File Size	: 42,7 Mb
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 07 May 2024
ISBN	: 9780197628768
Pages	: 289 pages

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Outsourcing Repression by Lynette H. Ong Book PDF Summary

Bulldozers, violent thugs, and nonviolent brokers -- The theory : state power, repression, and implications for development -- Outsourcing violence : everyday repression via thugs-for-hire -- Case studies : thugs-for-hire, repression, and mobilization -- Networks of state infrastructural power : brokerage, state penetration, and mobilization -- Brokers in harmonious demolition : mass mobilizers, mediators, and huangniu -- Comparative context : South Korea and India.

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