African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
245 p., This book discusses gangs and drug trafficking in Jamaica and the United States and their impacts on the countrys' social conditions. A product of the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, these groups began migrating to the United States in the early 1980s. Feared and honored for being "harder than the rest," these Jamaican cocaine syndicates laid claim to their new American territory with outlaw bravura and a ruthlessness that was immortalized in song; the raw dance hall music born of their world defined "gangsta" culture for a generation of angry sufferers in Jamaica, America, and England.
Klein,Axel (Editor), Day,Marcus (Editor), and Harriott,Anthony (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
London: Zed Books
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
255 p., In recent years Caribbean countries have responded to US pressure by adopting a coordinated policy of criminalizing ganja and crack cocaine usage. This volume assesses the impact of the policy on a population for whom drug usage has been socially acceptable and provides a warning for policy makers elsewhere.
Discusses the relationship between squatters and the state in Brazil. Information on redemocratization in Latin America; Return of electoral democracy; Political transition from authoritarian to procedurally democratic regimes; Detailed information on the squatter settlements in Brazil; Distribution and sale of cocaine from public low-income housing projects; Information on prison authorities in Brazil.
