Gray, Obika,  1948- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9766401535 9789766401535 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA449661  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>012947042  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban poor--Political activity--Jamaica.<br/>Patronage, Political--Jamaica.<br/>Community power--Jamaica.<br/>Crime--Jamaica.<br/>Community power.<br/>Crime.<br/>Patronage, Political.<br/>Social conditions<br/>Urban poor--Political activity.<br/>Armut.<br/>Politische Bet atigung.<br/>Soziale Situation.<br/>Stadt.<br/>Armut.<br/>Politische Bet atigung.<br/>Soziale Situation.<br/>Stadt.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Jamaica--Social conditions.<br/>Jamaica.<br/>Jamaika.<br/>Jamaika.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV4063.A5  / G72 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.2/56/21