Street Capital: Black Cannabis Dealers in a White Welfare StatePolicy Press, 2011 - 200 sider 'Street capital' introduces the worlds of young black men dealing cannabis at a drug scene called The River in Oslo, Norway. The lives of these men are structured by a huge and complex cannabis economy and they are involved in fights, robberies and substance abuse. They lack jobs and education, and many of them do not have family or close friends, yet they do have 'street capital': the knowledge, skills and competence necessary to manage life on the streets. Centred on this concept of 'street capital', this unique book presents a new theoretical framework - inspired by and expanding on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the French sociologist - for understanding street cultures. It is based on extensive fieldwork and repeated in-depth interviews with dealers aged between 15 and 30, which explore themes including marginalisation, discrimination, cannabis dealing and drug use, violence, masculinity, hip-hop culture, experiences with the welfare system, and issues of immigration and racism. The book also analyses the discursive practice of marginalised people on the street and identifies the narratives by which these young men live. |
Innhold
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Trajectories to The River | 15 |
3 Street capital | 33 |
4 Marginalisation and resistance | 53 |
5 Drugs and masculinity | 77 |
6 Street dealing and drug markets | 99 |
7 Violence and street culture | 121 |
8 Between the street and the welfare state | 141 |
9 Conclusion | 163 |
Bibliography | 171 |
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Street Capital: Black Cannabis Dealers in a White Welfare State Sandberg, Sveinung,Pedersen, Willy Begrenset visning - 2009 |
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