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The Neighborhood Has Its Own Rules - Latinos and African Americans in South Los Angeles (Paperback) Loot Price: R813
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The Neighborhood Has Its Own Rules - Latinos and African Americans in South Los Angeles (Paperback): Cid Martinez

The Neighborhood Has Its Own Rules - Latinos and African Americans in South Los Angeles (Paperback)

Cid Martinez

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South Los Angeles is often seen as ground zero for inter-racial conflict and violence in the United States. Since the 1940s, South LA has been predominantly a low-income African American neighborhood, and yet since the early 1990s Latino immigrants-mostly from Mexico and many undocumented-have moved in record numbers to the area. Given that more than a quarter million people live in South LA and that poverty rates exceed 30 percent, inter-racial conflict and violence surprises no one. The real question is: why hasn't there been more? Through vivid stories and interviews, The Neighborhood Has Its Own Rules provides an answer to this question. Based on in-depth ethnographic field work collected when the author, Cid Martinez, lived and worked in schools in South Central, this study reveals the day-to-day ways in which vibrant social institutions in South LA- its churches, its local politicians, and even its gangs-have reduced conflict and kept violence to a level that is manageable for its residents. Martinez argues that inter-racial conflict has not been managed through any coalition between different groups, but rather that these institutions have allowed established African Americans and newcomer Latinos to co-exist through avoidance-an under-appreciated strategy for managing conflict that plays a crucial role in America's low-income communities. Ultimately, this book proposes a different understanding of how neighborhood institutions are able to mitigate conflict and violence through several community dimensions of informal social controls.

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Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2016
Authors: Cid Martinez
Dimensions: 230 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-6284-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
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LSN: 0-8147-6284-0
Barcode: 9780814762844

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