02267nam a22003017a 4500 20220607103959.0 220607b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780141030913 :Zafaa Books & Distributors :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035 :ZBD0172 :29/05/2022 364.106 VEN Venkatesh, Sudhir Gang leader for a day : a rogue sociologist crosses the line / Sudhi Venkatesh London : Penguin Books, 2009. xiv, 302p 20 cm 1027 How does it feel to be black and poor? -- First days on Federal Street -- Someone to watch over me -- Gang leader for a day -- Ms. Bailey's neighborhood -- The hustler and the hustled -- Black and blue -- The stay-together gang. The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. This is the full story of how Venkatesh managed to gain entrée into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When first-year grad student Venkatesh walked into one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a survey on urban poverty. He never imagined that he would befriend a gang leader and spend the better part of a decade inside the projects under his protection. He got to know the neighborhood dealers, crackheads, squatters, prostitutes, pimps, activists, cops, organizers, and officials. From his position of unprecedented access, he observed the gang as they operated their crack-selling business and rose or fell within the ranks of the gang's complex organizational structure.--From publisher description. Social problems and social services Criminology Urban poor -- Research -- Illinois -- Chicago. Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago. Pauvres en milieu urbain -- Recherche -- Illinois -- Chicago. Noirs américains -- Illinois -- Chicago. Sociology students. Venkatesh, Sudhir BOOK 59347 59347 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2022-06-07 Zafaa Books & Distributors 1027.00 0 364.106 VEN 28742 2022-06-07 00:00:00 2022-06-07 BOOK