In Harm''s Way - The Dynamics of Urban Violence

Zusatztext "The authors provide a much-needed window upon a messy and brutal urban front line for those of us who would rather stay at home." ---GO'T, Latin American Review of Books Informationen zum Autor Javier Auyero is professor of Latin American sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. María Fernanda Berti is an elementary school teacher in Buenos Aires. Klappentext Arquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and violent crime are everyday realities. Homicides--often involving young people--continue to skyrocket, and in the emergency room there, victims of shootings or knifings are an all-too-common sight. In Harm's Way takes a harrowing look at daily life in Arquitecto Zusammenfassung Arquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and violent crime are everyday realities. Homicides--often involving young people--continue to skyrocket, and in the emergency room there, victims of shootings or knifings are an all-too-common sight. In Harm's Way takes a harrowing look at daily life in Arquitecto

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• Authors: Javier Auyero, Javier Berti Auyero, Auyero Javier, Maria Fernanda Berti, María Fernanda Berti
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2015
• EAN: 9780691164779
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16477-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Argentina, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Poverty & unemployment, Violence in society, Urban communities, Violence and abuse in society, Poverty and precarity