Dead-end lives

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4169-7
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 352 g

Welcome to the city shadows in Valdemingómez: a lawless landscape of drugs and violence. Through vivid testimonies and images, Briggs and Monge tell the stories of the people who live there, placing them in a political, economic and social context of spatial inequality and oppressive mechanisms of social control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Briggs, Daniel

Monge Gamero, Rubén

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Welcome to Valdemingómez;
Politics, ‘democracy’ and the ideology of the postmodern city;
Madrid: History, social processes and the growth in inequality;
Drugs, cultural change and drug markets;
Journeys to dependence;
Life in the city shadows: Work, identity and social status;
The council, police and health services: An impasse to solutions;
Post dependency: What next?;
Not really the conclusion;
Epilogue.

Über Autor(innen)

Monge Gamero, Rubén
Rubén Monge Gamero has a first-class undergraduate degree in Criminology from Universidad Europea and his final year project was based on participant observation of Valdemingómez. He recently concluded a Masters in Intelligence Analysis and hopes to be a police officer.

Briggs, Daniel
Daniel Briggs is Professor in Criminology at the Universidad Europea.

Dr Daniel Briggs is a Consultant to the British Foreign Office who works part time at the Universidad Europea in Madrid, Spain. As a researcher, writer and inter-disciplinary academic who studies social problems, he has undertaken ethnographic research into social issues from street drug users to terminally ill patients; from refugees to prostitutes; and from gypsies to gangs and deviant youth behaviours. He also lectures across the social sciences and has published widely.
Rubén Monge Gamero has a first-class undergraduate degree in Criminology from Universidad Europea and his final year project was based on participant observation of Valdemingómez. He recently concluded a Masters in Intelligence Analysis and hopes to be a police officer.