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

Title
Demeaned but empowered : the social power of the urban poor in Jamaica / Obika Gray.
Author
Gray, Obika, 1948-
Publication
Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2004.

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Description
xi, 429; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Urban poor > Political activity > Jamaica
  • Patronage, Political > Jamaica
  • Community power > Jamaica
  • Crime > Jamaica
  • Armut
  • Politische Betätigung
  • Soziale Situation
  • Stadt
  • Jamaica > Social conditions
  • Jamaika
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-411) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9766401535
  • 9789766401535
OCLC
  • 55650836
  • SCSB-11724548
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library