Bouncers : violence and governance in the night-time economy /

This text is an attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Britain's rapidly expanding night-life is one of the countries most vibrant economic spheres, but it has created huge problems of violence and...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hobbs, Dick, 1951-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:	Private security services > Great Britain. Bouncers > Great Britain. Nightclubs > Great Britain. Violence > Great Britain. Subculture > Great Britain. Services privés de sécurité > Grande-Bretagne. Videurs > Grande-Bretagne. Boîtes de nuit > Grande-Bretagne. Subculture > Grande-Bretagne. Violence > Grande-Bretagne. Bouncers Nightclubs Private security services Subculture Violence Great Britain Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Let the Good Times Roll: Liminality and the Night-time Economy
A Case Study of Manchester
2. After-dark 'Fun' and its Control in the Industrial City
3. Post-industrial Manchester: From Cotton to Carlsberg
4. Tommy Smith's Story: Four Decades On The Door
5. A Word At The Door: Bouncers On Their Work
6. Manners Maketh the Man: Licensing 'Door Supervisors' and the Discourses of Professionalism and Safety
7. Market Force: Class, Violence, and Liminal Business on the Night-time Frontier
8. Night Futures: The Marketization of License and Control
9. Big People, Dirty Work: A Conclusion.