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Globalizing the streets : cross-cultural perspectives on youth, social control, and empowerment /

Not since the 1960s have the activities of resistance among lower- and working-class youth caused such anxiety in the international community. Yet today the dispossessed are responding to the challenges of globalization and its methods of social control. The contributors to this volume examine the s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Flynn, Michael, 1962- (Editor ), Brotherton, David (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Not since the 1960s have the activities of resistance among lower- and working-class youth caused such anxiety in the international community. Yet today the dispossessed are responding to the challenges of globalization and its methods of social control. The contributors to this volume examine the struggle for identity and interdependence of these youth, their clashes with law enforcement and criminal codes, their fight for social, political, and cultural capital, and their efforts to achieve recognition and empowerment. Essays adopt the vantage point of those whose struggle for social.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231502269
0231502265
Acceso:Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff.