Wounded city [electronic resource] : violent turf wars in a Chicago barrio / Robert Vargas.
2016
HN80.C5 V37 2016eb
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Title
Wounded city [electronic resource] : violent turf wars in a Chicago barrio / Robert Vargas.
ISBN
9780190245948 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190245900 doi
Call Number
HN80.C5 V37 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.140977311
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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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 18, 2016).
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