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No way out : precarious living in the shadow of poverty and drug dealing / Waverly Duck.

Duck, Waverly (författare)
ISBN 9780226298061
Publicerad: Chicago ; The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015
Engelska xi, 153 pages
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  • Introduction : precarious living -- Jonathan's world -- Drug-dealing careers -- The rise and fall of Lyford Street -- Snitching, gossip, and the power of information -- The politics of murder and revenge -- Collective punishment : black men's reflections on everyday life in Bristol Hill -- Benita's story : coping with poverty in the age of welfare reform -- Conclusion : understanding everyday life in the shadow of poverty and drug dealing.
  • In 2005 Waverly Duck was called to a town he calls Bristol Hill to serve as an expert witness in the sentencing of drug dealer Jonathan Wilson. Convicted as an accessory to the murder of a federal witness and that of a fellow drug dealer, Jonathan faced the death penalty, and Duck was there to provide evidence that the environment in which Jonathan had grown up mitigated the seriousness of his alleged crimes. Duck exploration led him to Jonathan church, his elementary, middle, and high schools, the juvenile facility where he had previously been incarcerated, his family and friends, other drug dealers, and residents who knew him or knew of him. After extensive ethnographic observations, Duck found himself seriously troubled and uncertain: Are Jonathan and others like him a danger to society? Or is it the converse -- is society a danger to them? Duck short stay in Bristol Hill quickly transformed into a long-term study -- one that forms the core of No Way Out. This landmark book challenges the common misconception of urban ghettoes as chaotic places where drug dealing, street crime, and random violence make daily life dangerous for their residents. Through close observations of daily life in these neighborhoods, Duck shows how the prevailing social order ensures that residents can go about their lives in relative safety, despite the risks that are embedded in living amid the drug trade. In a neighborhood plagued by failing schools, chronic unemployment, punitive law enforcement, and high rates of incarceration, residents are knit together by long-term ties of kinship and friendship, and they base their actions on a profound sense of community fairness and accountability. Duck presents powerful case studies of individuals whose difficulties flow not from their values, or a lack thereof, but rather from the multiple obstacles they encounter on a daily basis. No Way Out explores how ordinary people make sense of their lives within severe constraints and how they choose among unrewarding prospects, rather than freely acting upon their own values. What emerges is an important and revelatory new perspective on the culture of the urban poor. -- Provided by publisher. 

Ämnesord

Stadssociologi  (sao)
Fattiga  (sao)
Sociala förhållanden  (sao)
Städer  (sao)
Narkotikahandel  (sao)
Afro-amerikaner  (sao)
Missbrukare  (sao)
Narkomaner  (sao)
Drogmissbruk  (sao)
Droger  (sao)
Drug traffic  -- Social aspects -- Northeastern States. (LCSH)
Urban poor  -- Northeastern States -- Social conditions. (LCSH)
Cities and towns  -- Northeastern States. (LCSH)
Sociology, Urban  -- Northeastern States. (LCSH)
Drug dealers  -- Northeastern States. (LCSH)
African Americans  -- Drug use -- Northeastern States. (LCSH)
African Americans  -- Northeastern States -- Social conditions. (LCSH)
Cities and towns.  (fast)
Drug dealers.  (fast)
Sociology, Urban.  (fast)
African Americans  -- Drug use. (fast)
African Americans  -- Social conditions. (fast)
Drug traffic  -- Social aspects. (fast)
Urban poor  -- Social conditions. (fast)
Narkotikahandel  -- sociala aspekter (sao)
Cities and towns  (LCSH)
Drugs  (LCSH)
Poor  (LCSH)
Addicts  (LCSH)
African Americans  (LCSH)
Sociology, Urban  (LCSH)
Substance abuse  (LCSH)
Drug addicts  (LCSH)
Förenta staterna  (sao)
Northeastern States.  (fast)

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