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Millie, Andrew
(2010).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225410010003070
Abstract
Urban Scotland, and Glasgow in particular, has attracted a lot of attention for its various youth cultures and gangs, ranging from Patrick’s (1973) participant research into Glasgow’s youth gangs through to more recent investigations into sectarianism (e.g. Flint and Powell, 2009) and young people and territoriality (e.g. Kintrea et al., 2008, a study which included Glasgow as one of its main research sites). So when I picked up Ross Deuchar’s book based on research in Glasgow, entitled Gangs, Marginalised Youth and Social Capital, I wanted to know what it had to add to this expanding body of work. The author’s contribution is in the form of qualitative research and, as Deuchar declares, much of the book is ‘given over to the voices of young people who live in some of the most socially deprived urban areas of Glasgow’ (p. 19). The author was clearly affected by meeting these young people and the style of writing makes this an accessible and interesting read for a practitioner audience. It is also of use for academics interested in gangs and social capital; although in places it perhaps lacks a degree of critical edge. The book is divided into two parts, the first exploring issues of youth and gang membership, and the second, issues of social capital and marginalization.
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