Gangs and a global sociological imagination

Across the globe, the phenomenon of youth gangs has become an important and sensitive public issue. In this context, an increasing level of research attention has focused on the development of universalized definitions of gangs in a global context. In this article, we argue that this search for simi...

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Main Author: Fraser, Alistair David (Author)
Contributors: Hagedorn, John
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Theoretical criminology
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Keywords:
Bandenkriminalität
Bourdieu, Pierre
Comparison
Gangs
Globalization
Mills, C. Wright
Reflexivity
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Summary:Across the globe, the phenomenon of youth gangs has become an important and sensitive public issue. In this context, an increasing level of research attention has focused on the development of universalized definitions of gangs in a global context. In this article, we argue that this search for similarity has resulted in a failure to recognize and understand difference. Drawing on an alternative methodology we call a ‘global exchange', this article suggests three concepts—homologies of habitus, vectors of difference and transnational reflexivity—that seek to re-engage the sociological imagination in the study of gangs and globalization.
ISSN:1461-7439
DOI:10.1177/1362480616659129