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Mischief, Morality and Mobs: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Pearson book cover

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Mischief, Morality and Mobs Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Pearson

Edited By Dick Hobbs Copyright 2017
276 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Geoffrey Pearson, who died in 2013, was one of the outstanding social scientists of the post second world war era. His work spanned social work, social theory, social history, criminology and sociology. In particular, his work has had a huge impact upon studies of youth, youth culture and drugs. This collection is made up of contributions from scholars producing empirical work on some of the... Read more

Introduction. Geoffrey Pearson: 1943-2013 Dick Hobbs

1. They didn’t know whether to "fuck me or fight me": An ethnographic account of North Town boxing gym. Deborah Jump

Part I: Race

2. More than Violent Whites? From Paki Bashing to the English Defence League James Treadwell and Jon Garland

3. From ‘Paki Bashing’ to ‘Muslim Bashing’: UK extremism policies considered Alice Sampson

4. Shame, scandal and respectability amongst the children of the Windrush generation: A Scholarly Omission Kenny Monrose

Part II: Youth

5. Histories of Hooliganism Andrew Davies

6. The Same Old Song?: The Contemporary Relevance of Subcultures Andy Wilson

7. Illegal Rave Security: Keeping trouble out of the London free party scene Matt Taylor

Part III: Drugs and Illegal Markets

8. On Tap: Organised Crime and the Illicit Trade in Tobacco, Alcohol and Pharmaceuticals Charlie Edwards and Calum Jeffray

9. Reconsidering Middle Markets Dan Silverstone

10. Fear and Loathing in a Dirty Old Town: Violent Notes from A Drug Market Ethnography Brendan Marsh

11. Drug markets, ethnography and Geoff Pearson: A tribute to the man of the people Dan Briggs

12. "Ethiopia or Utopia?": Reflections on the New Heroin Users Mark Gilman

Part IV: Geoff’s Final Publication

13. Drugs, Care and Sex Work: Sex and Survival Jenni Ward and Geoff Pearson

Biography

Dick Hobbs is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Sydney, Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex, Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths College and an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.

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