Ian Wilson

Ian Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Global Security Studies at Murdoch University, Western Australia. He is the author of The Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia: coercive capital, authority and street politics (2015) and Politik Tenaga Dalam: Praktek Pencak Silat di Jawa Barat (2020). His research has focuses upon the relationship between violence and political authority, political economies of coercion and the social movements and political agency of the urban poor in contemporary Indonesia, particularly in relation to struggles over housing and land.