Community development in the 'ranking' economy : a socio-economic study of the Jamaican ghetto / Paul L. Buchanan. PRINT

By:

Paul L. Buchanan

Series: Publications for the Caribbean ; volume 2Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : Resource Centre for Physical Planning and Land Development, College of Arts, Science and Technology, 1992.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: viii, 116 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9768027053
9789768027054

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Additional physical formats: Community development in the 'ranking' economy.DDC classification:

334.6097292 Ja Buc

Summary: Anyone who wishes to understand the dynamics of Jamaica's local politics and how tribalization has acted to maintain the system of poverty in the ghetto needs to read this study.Summary: No attempt at serious social change can be contemplated, let alone initiated, unless the insights brought to bear in this path-breaking study are fully grasped. It is the first study I have seen which expresses so clearly the character of our urban ghetto's political economy.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	334.6097292 Ja Buc (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000020278
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	334.6097292 Ja Buc (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000118137

Originally published 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107).

Anyone who wishes to understand the dynamics of Jamaica's local politics and how tribalization has acted to maintain the system of poverty in the ghetto needs to read this study.

No attempt at serious social change can be contemplated, let alone initiated, unless the insights brought to bear in this path-breaking study are fully grasped. It is the first study I have seen which expresses so clearly the character of our urban ghetto's political economy.

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