Global gangs : street violence across the world / editors, Jennifer M. Hazen and Dennis Rodgers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hazen, Jennifer M., editor.

Rodgers, Dennis, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London, England : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gangs, often associated with brutality and senseless destructive violence, have not always been viewed as inherently antagonistic. The first studies of gangs depicted them as alternative sources of order in urban slums where the state's authority was lacking, and they have subsequently been shown to be important elements in some youth life cycles. Despite their proliferation there is little consensus regarding what constitutes a gang. Used to denote phenomena ranging from organized crime syndicates to groups of youths who gather spontaneously on street corners, even the term "gang" is

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Gangs in a Global Comparative Perspective; Part I. Gang Formation and Transformation; 1. Intimate Connections: Gangs and the Political Economy of Urbanization in South Africa; 2. Cholo!: The Migratory Origins of Chicano Gangs in Los Angeles; 3. Capitalizing on Change: Gangs, Ideology, and the Transition to a Liberal Economy in the Russian Federation; 4. Of Marginality and "Little Emperors": The Changing Reality of Chinese Youth Gangs; 5. From Black Jackets to Zulus: Social Imagination, Myth, and Reality Concerning French Gangs

6. Maras and the Politics of Violence in El SalvadorPart II. Problematizing Gangs; 7. Youth Gangs and Otherwise in Indonesia; 8. "Playing the Game": Gang-Militia Logics in War-Torn Sierra Leone; 9. "For Your Safety": Child Vigilante Squads and Neo-Gangsterism in Urban India; 10. "We Are the True Blood of the Mau Mau": The Mungiki Movement in Kenya; 11. Gang Politics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 12. "Hecho en México": Gangs, Identities, and the Politics of Public Security; Afterword: The Inevitable Gang; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4180-7

OCLC:

884725836