Demeaned but empowered :
Gray, Obika, 1948-
Demeaned but empowered : the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray. - Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2004. - xi, 429 ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index.
Rethinking power : political clientelism and political subordination in Jamaica -- A fateful alliance -- Fulcrums of power in the ghetto -- Exile, space, moral culture and social identity in the ghetto -- Badness-honour and the invigorated authority of the urban poor -- A fettered freedom : warfare and solidarity in the ghetto -- Crime, politics and moral culture -- The struggle for benefits -- Uncaptured rebels -- Criminal self-organization and cultural extremism -- The cultural contradictions of power : badness-honour and liberal democracy -- Epilogue: The ordeal of social reconstruction in Jamaica.
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Urban poor--Political activity--Jamaica.
Patronage, Political--Jamaica.
Community power--Jamaica.
Crime--Jamaica.
Community power.
Crime.
Patronage, Political.
Social conditions
Urban poor--Political activity.
Armut.
Politische Bet atigung.
Soziale Situation.
Stadt.
Armut.
Politische Bet atigung.
Soziale Situation.
Stadt.
Jamaica--Social conditions.
Jamaica.
Jamaika.
Jamaika.
HV4063.A5 / G72 2004
364.2/56/21
Demeaned but empowered : the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray. - Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2004. - xi, 429 ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index.
Rethinking power : political clientelism and political subordination in Jamaica -- A fateful alliance -- Fulcrums of power in the ghetto -- Exile, space, moral culture and social identity in the ghetto -- Badness-honour and the invigorated authority of the urban poor -- A fettered freedom : warfare and solidarity in the ghetto -- Crime, politics and moral culture -- The struggle for benefits -- Uncaptured rebels -- Criminal self-organization and cultural extremism -- The cultural contradictions of power : badness-honour and liberal democracy -- Epilogue: The ordeal of social reconstruction in Jamaica.
9766401535 9789766401535
GBA449661 bnb
012947042 Uk
Urban poor--Political activity--Jamaica.
Patronage, Political--Jamaica.
Community power--Jamaica.
Crime--Jamaica.
Community power.
Crime.
Patronage, Political.
Social conditions
Urban poor--Political activity.
Armut.
Politische Bet atigung.
Soziale Situation.
Stadt.
Armut.
Politische Bet atigung.
Soziale Situation.
Stadt.
Jamaica--Social conditions.
Jamaica.
Jamaika.
Jamaika.
HV4063.A5 / G72 2004
364.2/56/21