Wounded City - Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio

Informationen zum Autor Robert Vargas is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Madison-Wisconsin. Klappentext Through an ethnographic case study of Chicago's Little Village! Wounded City demonstrates how competition for political power and state resources undermined efforts to reduce gang violence. Robert Vargas argues that the state! through different patterns of governance! can contribute to distrust and division among community members. Zusammenfassung Through an ethnographic case study of Chicago's Little Village! Wounded City demonstrates how competition for political power and state resources undermined efforts to reduce gang violence. Robert Vargas argues that the state! through different patterns of governance! can contribute to distrust and division among community members. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1) Introduction; POLITICAL TURF; 2) Battles for Political Turf in Little Village; 3) Burbs and Violent Blocks; 4) Transforming Violent Streets on the West Side; STREET TURF; 5) Silence and the Art of Arson; 6) Locking Up Social Order; CONCLUSION; 7) Toward a Relational Understanding of Urban Violence; 8) Appendix A: Navigating Turf Wars; 9) Appendix B: Methods

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• Authors: Vargas, Robert Vargas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2016
• EAN: 9780190245900
• ISBN: 978-0-19-024590-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Illinois, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Violence in society, Urban communities, Street crime, Violence and abuse in society, Street Crime / Gun Crime, Urban communities / city life