Superclass - The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making

Adonis and Pollard (1998) claimed that there is a ‘superclass’, whose power transcends the traditional upper class.   Rothkopf (2008) developed this concept by compiling a list of the 6,000 most powerful people in the world.   His book is examined in further detail below...
Bit about it here...

Review

Video clip of author discussing the Superclass

The Superclass List

And listen here from 13:48 for a BBC discussion of the Superclass.

Institutional Racism?

Panorama 2008, The Secret Policeman Returns - Five years after going undercover to reveal racism in Britain's police, Mark Daly sees if things have changed.


Watch it here.




BBC News - Stop and search use and alternative police tactics  (there are links to other relevant articles at the end of the page that this link takes you to)

Freakonomics - Crack Dealers and Abortions

How economic inequality harms societies

Here's Richard Wilkinson's TED Talk on Inequality - 'How economic inequality harms societies'

Youth and Deviance 1

Just a collection of clips in no particular order:

San Francisco Teenage Gangs: Juvenile Delinquency Documentary (1/2) (1961)

UK riots blamed on 'sick society' as new govt cuts bite

Farewell youth clubs, hello street life – and gang warfare.  With budget cuts leading to the loss of facilities that kept many inner-city youths occupied, experts predict a rise in crime

'I did predict a riot. The government should have seen it coming' - video


Textbook pdf

s-cool summary

Gangs

Gangs in the UK - wiki

Gangs in the UK: How big a problem are they?
Ja-Ja should know how street gangs operate: he runs one.

Google maps of London street gangs.
London gangs are aligning themselves to LA-based Bloods and Crips.

londonstreetgangs.com

Girl Gangs:

Girl gang grip on London underworld
Blood sisters

Gangs: listening to the female voices

At last, a gang strategy that acknowledges the presence of girls

Gang life: First he builds trust. Then you help out. Next you're cutting crack.

Punk is alive! In Russia!

Punk Band protest in Russia

AS Youth Culture Rastafarianism

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