Demeaned but empowered : the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray.
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TextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, c2004.Description: xi, 429 ; 23 cmISBN: - 9766401535 (pbk.) :
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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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