Bandits

This evening, we bring you a sampler platter of work relating to bandits of various sorts.

We begin with a reading on Mancur Olson's concept about roving bandits and stationary bandits, a key contribution to theories on state-building and political economy.

For more from another scholar concerned with the nation-state we turn to Eric Hobsbawm. He coined the term social bandit. Here's an excerpt from his book Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Moving on, we have some audiovisual meditations on banditry among other things:



Oh, I heart Margaret Cho.

And to round off this session on bandits:



Thank you for joining us. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.