Gangs, often associated with brutality and senseless destructive
violence, have not always been viewed as inherently antagonistic.
The first studies of gangs depicted them as alternative sources of
order in urban slums where the state's authority was lacking, and
they have subsequently been shown to be important elements in some
youth life cycles. Despite their proliferation there is little
consensus regarding what constitutes a gang. Used to denote
phenomena ranging from organized crime syndicates to groups of
youths who gather spontaneously on street corners, even the term
"gang" is ambiguous.
"Global Gangs" offers a greater understanding of gangs through
essays that investigate gangs spanning across nations, from Brazil
to Indonesia, China to Kenya, and from El Salvador to Russia.
Volume editors Jennifer M. Hazen and Dennis Rodgers bring together
contributors who examine gangs from a comparative perspective,
discussing such topics as the role the apartheid regime in South
Africa played in the emergence of gangs, the politics behind child
vigilante squads in India, the relationship between immigration and
gangs in France and the United States, and the complex
stigmatization of youths in Mexico caused by the arbitrary
deployment of the word "gang."
Featuring an afterword by renowned U.S. gang researcher Sudhir
Venkatesh, this volume provides a comprehensive look into the
experience of gangs across the world and in doing so challenges
conventional notions of identity.
Contributors: Enrique Desmond Arias, George Mason U; Jose Miguel
Cruz, Florida International U; Steffen Jensen, DIGNITY-Danish
Institute Against Torture; Gareth A. Jones, London School of
Economics and Political Science; Marwan Mohammed, ecole Normale
Superieure, Paris; Jacob Rasmussen, Roskilde U; Loren Ryter, U of
Michigan; Rustem R. Safin, National Research Technological U,
Russia; Alexander L. Salagaev, National Research Technological U,
Russia; Atreyee Sen, U of Manchester; Mats Utas, Nordic Africa
Institute; Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia U; James Diego Vigil, U of
California, Irvine; Lening Zhang, Saint Francis U.
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