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

By: Gray, Obika, 1948-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, c2004Description: xi, 429 ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9766401535 (pbk.) : .Subject(s): Urban poor -- Jamaica -- Political activity | Patronage, Political -- Jamaica | Community power -- Jamaica | Crime -- Jamaica | Cities and towns -- Poverty -- Jamaica | Politics -- Jamaica | Community life -- Social problems -- Jamaica | Jamaica -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 364.265
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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Books Books Grand Bay Branch Library
West Indian Collection 		Reference W.I. 364.265 Gra (Browse shelf) Not For Loan 226G
Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library
West Indian Collection 		Reference W.I. 364.265 Gra (Browse shelf) 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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