Dead-End Lives: Drugs and Violence in the City Shadows

ISBN-13: 9781447341697 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str.

Daniel Briggs; Ruben Monge Gamero

Opis

Using vivid testimonies and images, Briggs and Monge document the stories and situations of the people who live in Valdemingomez , placing them in a political, economic and social context.

Spis treści

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.