| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) |
| Series |
Clarendon studies in criminology |
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Clarendon studies in criminology.
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| Contents |
1. Let the Good Times Roll: Liminality and the Night-time Economy -- A Case Study of Manchester -- 2. After-dark 'Fun' and its Control in the Industrial City -- 3. Post-industrial Manchester: From Cotton to Carlsberg -- 4. Tommy Smith's Story: Four Decades On The Door -- 5. A Word At The Door: Bouncers On Their Work -- 6. Manners Maketh the Man: Licensing 'Door Supervisors' and the Discourses of Professionalism and Safety -- 7. Market Force: Class, Violence, and Liminal Business on the Night-time Frontier -- 8. Night Futures: The Marketization of License and Control -- 9. Big People, Dirty Work: A Conclusion |
| Summary |
This text is an attempt to understand Britain's night-time economy, the violence that pervades it, and the bouncers whose job it is to prevent it. Britain's rapidly expanding night-life is one of the countries most vibrant economic spheres, but it has created huge problems of violence and disorder |
| Notes |
"Reprinted as paperback 2005 ... First published 2003"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-314) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Private security services -- Great Britain
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Bouncers -- Great Britain
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Nightclubs -- Great Britain
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Violence -- Great Britain
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Subculture -- Great Britain
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Bouncers
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Nightclubs
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Private security services
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Subculture
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Violence
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hobbs, Dick, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9780191700484 |
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0191700487 |
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