The Neighborhood Has Its Own Rules : : Latinos and African Americans in South Los Angeles / / Cid Martinez.
South Los Angeles is often seen as ground zero for inter-racial conflict and violence in the United States. Since the 1940s, South LA has been predominantly a low-income African American neighborhood, and yet since the early 1990s Latino immigrants-mostly from Mexico and many undocumented-have moved...
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Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Managed Violence
- 1. Neighborhood Councils: City Hall Competes with the Street for Legitimacy
- 2. Alternative Governance: Latino and African American Interrelations outside of City Hall
- 3. Neighborhood Institutions: Safety from Violence, and the Catholic Church
- 4. Faith Is the Opposite of Fear: The Catholic Church as Alternative Governance
- 5. Street Justice: Gangs, the Informal Economy, and Neighborhood Residents
- 6. Responding to Violence, Keeping the Peace: Interracial Relations between Black and Latino Youth Gangs (co-authored with Dominic Rivera)
- Conclusion: Revisiting Alternative Governance
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author