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Demeaned but empowered : the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, c2004.Description: xi, 429 ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9766401535 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.265 22
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Grand Bay Branch Library West Indian Collection Reference W.I. 364.265 Gra (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 226G
Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library West Indian Collection Reference W.I. 364.265 Gra (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Processing Not For Loan PORT20100070
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 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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