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Wounded city : violent turf wars in a Chicago barrio
Title
Wounded city : violent turf wars in a Chicago barrio / Robert Vargas.
ISBN
9780190245948 (ebook) :
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 18, 2016).
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Summary
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.
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version :
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 26, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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