Wounded city : violent turf wars in a Chicago barrio /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[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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| Physical Description: | xiii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190245900 0190245905 9780190245917 0190245913 |