Demeaned but empowered : the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray.
Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2004.Description: xi, 429 ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9766401535
- 9789766401535
- Urban poor -- Political activity -- Jamaica
- Jamaica -- Social conditions
- Patronage, Political -- Jamaica
- Community power -- Jamaica
- Crime -- Jamaica
- Community power
- Crime
- Patronage, Political
- Social conditions
- Urban poor -- Political activity
- Jamaica
- Armut
- Politische Bet atigung
- Soziale Situation
- Stadt
- Jamaika
- Armut
- Politische Bet atigung
- Soziale Situation
- Stadt
- Jamaika
- 364.2/56/21 22
- HV4063.A5 G72 2004
- MS 6440
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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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