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Global Gangs : Street Violence Across the World.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (309 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781452941806
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Global GangsDDC classification:
  • 364.106/6
LOC classification:
  • HV6437.G56 2014eb
Online resources:
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 Salvador -- Part 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 -- Z.
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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 Salvador -- Part 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 -- Z.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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