Demeaned but empowered : the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray.
Material type: TextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, c2004.Description: xi, 429 ; 23 cmISBN:- 9766401535 (pbk.) :
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W.I. 363.772 9 Env Environmental Agenda for the 1990's : | W.I. 363.8 Obe Obesity and poverty : | W.I. 363.967 29 Han Male attitudes towards family planning : | W.I. 364.265 Gra Demeaned but empowered : | W.I. 364.972 72 Und Understanding crime in Jamaica : | W.I. 365.472 91 Seg In a place without a soul : | W.I. 370 Edu Educational Panorama 2007 : |
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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