Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh

In this book, he pays tribute to the people who made his academic success possible. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicagos most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a multiple. Even as he witnesses the changes wrought in Robert Taylor Homes, Venkatesh himself is transformed from a naïve graduate student to a young academic. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. In the book, he paints a series of portraits of the people he encounters on the way. The hardcover of his best-selling book, Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets, released in 2008, features a full-length photo of him looking tough in jeans and a.

Bailey the place of women in Robert Taylor Homes the relationship between the tenants and the police and the various ways that the tenants hustle to make money in the projects’ “underground economy”.ĭuring his time at Robert Taylor Homes, Venkatesh sees violence and kindness his views are challenged and his life is threatened. The book chronicles the life of the urban poor and explores Venkateshs views on poverty, money, gangs, drugs, and life in Chicago. /rebates/2flanding2fpartialPageLanding2fLP51&.com252flanding252fpartialPageLanding252fLP5126afsrc3d126SID3d&idaudiobooks&ra4. As his research continues, however, his focus widens to consider the role played by people like the building president Ms. The book’s title comes from the fact that, in order to teach Venkatesh what is involved in running a gang, JT appoints him leader for a day.

Through his friendship with J.T., leader of a Black Kings faction, Venkatesh gains unprecedented access to Robert Taylor Homes, a housing project.

Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh