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

Main Author: Gray, Obika, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Urban poor > Political activity > Jamaica.
Patronage, Political > Jamaica.
Community power > Jamaica.
Crime > Jamaica.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Community power.
Crime.
Patronage, Political.
Social conditions
Urban poor > Political activity.
Jamaica > Social conditions.
Jamaica.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=145836
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index. 
505 0 |a 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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