State of disorder : privatised violence and the state in Indonesia / / Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir

• Autore: Mudhoffir Abdil Mughis
• Pubblicazione: Gateway East, Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Disciplina: 303.625
• Soggetto topico: Political violence - Indonesia
• Soggetto geografico: Indonesia Politics and government
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Nature of the Indonesian State: Fragmentary or Predatory? -- 1.2 Methodology -- 1.3 Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 Privatised Violence, the State and Primitive Accumulation: A Theoretical Discussion -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Critical Political Economy -- 2.2.1 Critique of the Separation of the Political and the Economy -- 2.2.2 Central Tasks of Critical Political Economy -- 2.3 Privatised Violence and Primitive Accumulation -- 2.3.1 Reproduction of Capitalist Social Relations -- 2.3.2 Reproduction of Privatised Violence -- 2.4 Nature of the State and Democracy in the Predatory Capitalist Context -- 2.4.1 Understanding the State Through Violence -- 2.4.2 Predatory Democracy -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Genesis of Indonesia's Predatory Capitalism and the Evolution of Privatised Violence -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Birth of Predatory Capitalism in Indonesia -- 3.2.1 Colonial Plantation System and the Birth of Predatory Capitalism -- 3.2.2 Establishing Colonial Order Through the Jago -- 3.2.3 Facilitating Japanese Occupation Through the Mobilisation of Civilian Militias -- 3.3 Continuity of Predatory Capitalism in Post-Colonial Indonesia and the Military Control of Militias -- 3.3.1 Nationalisation and State Capitalism: The Road to Military Control of Politics and Economics -- 3.3.2 Rationalisation of the Army and the Proliferation of Civilian Militias -- 3.3.3 Protecting the Military's Business Interests: Establishing the New Political Gangster -- 3.4 Reproduction of Predatory Capitalism and the Centralising Use of Privatised Violence -- 3.4.1 Mobilising Civilian Militias in Exterminating the Left: The Road to the Consolidation of State Capitalism. ; 3.4.2 Disorganised Urban Poor and Their Engagement in Reactionary Politics -- 3.4.3 Mobilising Political Gangsters and Consolidating Authoritarian Power -- 3.4.4 Rise of Capital and Centralising Control of Political Gangsters -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Exploiting the Void: Mobilising Disorganised Urban Poor for Reactionary Politics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Exclusionary Urban Development -- 4.3 Disorganised Urban Poor Movement -- 4.4 Exploiting the Void and Establishing Social Legitimacy -- 4.4.1 Acting Like a State -- 4.4.2 Political Vehicle of the Poor? -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Establishing Predatory Alliances and Reproducing Privatised Violence -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Reproducing the Communist Spectre -- 5.2.1 How Predatory Alliances Maintain Anti-Communist Narrative in the Democratic Context -- 5.2.2 How the Gangs Use Anti-Communist Narratives to Establish Predatory Alliances -- 5.3 Mobilising Political Support -- 5.3.1 Mobilising Ethic Sentiments -- 5.3.2 Mobilising Religious Identity -- 5.4 Protecting Business Interests -- 5.4.1 Weakening the Labour Movement -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Gangsters, Local Politics and Rural Land Grabbing in North Sumatra -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Land Grabbing as Primitive Accumulation -- 6.2.1 Global Land Grabbing -- 6.2.2 Indonesia's Extractive Regime -- 6.3 Land Conflicts in North Sumatra -- 6.3.1 Historical Background of the Land Conflicts in North Sumatra -- 6.3.2 PTPN II -- 6.3.3 Uncertainty of Land Distribution -- 6.3.4 Use of Violence in Land Exclusion -- 6.4 Land Mafia and Gangsters in North Sumatra -- 6.4.1 Anif Shah, the Godfather -- 6.4.2 Expanding Business Through Violence -- 6.5 Establishing Domination Over the Social and Political Arena -- 6.5.1 Domination of Shah Family and Conflicts Among Gangsters. ; 6.5.2 Establishing Domination Over the Political Arena to Further Capitalist Expansion -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- 7 The Islamisation of Privatised Violence in Post-authoritarian Indonesia -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Islam as a Powerful Source of Mobilisation -- 7.2.1 Changing Political Alignment -- 7.2.2 New Environment: Increasing Islamic Piety -- 7.2.3 Enhancing Prowess -- 7.2.4 Establishing Predatory Alliances -- 7.3 Insights from Other Countries -- 7.3.1 State Formation and Predatory Capitalism in Turkey and Iran -- 7.3.2 Different Features of Islamic Populist Alliances -- 7.3.3 Serving Predatory Interests Under the Banner of 'Defending Islam' -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Conclusion -- 8.1 Comparative Insights -- 8.2 Implications for Indonesian Democracy -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: State of disorder
• ISBN: 981-16-3663-X; 981-16-3662-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910743391803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contestations in Contemporary Southeast Asia