Robert Vargas

Wounded City

Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an ethnographic case study of Chicago's Little Village, Wounded City demonstrates how competition for political power and state resources undermined efforts to reduce gang violence. Robert Vargas argues that the state, through different patterns of governance, can contribute to distrust and division among community members.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780190245917
• ISBN-10: 0190245913
• Artikelnr.: 47864439

Autorenporträt

Robert Vargas is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Madison-Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

1) Introduction
POLITICAL TURF
2) Battles for Political Turf in Little Village
3) Burbs and Violent Blocks
4) Transforming Violent Streets on the West Side
STREET TURF
5) Silence and the Art of Arson
6) Locking Up Social Order
CONCLUSION
7) Toward a Relational Understanding of Urban Violence
8) Appendix A: Navigating Turf Wars
9) Appendix B: Methods