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Tarnished Vision

David Robins
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      Once a group of young people (reformed street robbers) had a vision to transform their poor divided community. But the vision was tarnished by harsh reality, violent feuds and factional strife, corrupt and ineffective leaders, and youths involved in networks of criminality.Tarnished Vision is the story of the rise and fall of a utopian community project told against a background of crime and delinquency in a troubled neighbourhood. This vivid and authentic account of life in `Satellite City' is set in the 1980s, a decade when the promises of the enterprise culture failed to deliver, and the conditions were created for a generation hooked on crime.Tarnished Vision depicts the 1980s inner-city cycle of social tragedy followed by inept societal response, followed by social tragedy. But this is not only a story for the 1980s. The message is that programmes to save the inner cities, however well-resourced, cannot afford to ignore the destructive frustrations of urban male youths who are involved in crime. Community action programmes can be no more than window-dressing to camouflage these realities.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Robins EAN: 9780198257516 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 339 g HEIGHT: 225 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1992-11-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Canada / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General WIDTH: 147 cm SPINE:

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      England, Social and ethical issues, Urban communities, Ethnic studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents, Causes and prevention of crime, Regional, state and other local government

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      David Robins is Study Director at teh Institute of Community Studies, Bethnel Green, London
      Once a group of young people (reformed street robbers) had a vision to transform their poor divided community. But the vision was tarnished by harsh reality, violent feuds and factional strife, corrupt and ineffective leaders, and youths involved in networks of criminality.Tarnished Vision is the story of the rise and fall of a utopian community project told against a background of crime and delinquency in a troubled neighbourhood. This vivid and authentic account of life in `Satellite City' is set in the 1980s, a decade when the promises of the enterprise culture failed to deliver, and the conditions were created for a generation hooked on crime.Tarnished Vision depicts the 1980s inner-city cycle of social tragedy followed by inept societal response, followed by social tragedy. But this is not only a story for the 1980s. The message is that programmes to save the inner cities, however well-resourced, cannot afford to ignore the destructive frustrations of urban male youths who are involved in crime. Community action programmes can be no more than window-dressing to camouflage these realities.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Robins EAN: 9780198257516 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 339 g HEIGHT: 225 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1992-11-12 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Canada / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General WIDTH: 147 cm SPINE:

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      England, Social and ethical issues, Urban communities, Ethnic studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents, Causes and prevention of crime, Regional, state and other local government

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      David Robins is Study Director at teh Institute of Community Studies, Bethnel Green, London

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