Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Ranked #16 in Chicago, Ranked #28 in Criminology — see more rankings.
The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrée into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment.
When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a multiple-choice survey on urban poverty. A first-year grad student, he...
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Mark Zuckerberg Founder/FacebookI'm still working my way through The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, which is an amazing book so far — about how violence has declined throughout history due to effective governance, the growth of commerce and the spread of ideas. I see a lot of Facebook's work in these themes. The more we all have a voice to share our perspectives, the more empathy we have for each other and the more we respect each other's rights. Similarly, the more we benefit from global commerce and the services others provide us, the greater our incentive is to keep each other safe as it improves... (Source)
Gabriel Coarna Sudhir Venkatesh's "Gangleader For A Day" significantly adjusted how I think about a bunch of stuff: poverty, economics, society, etc. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Gang Leader for a Day is ranked in the following categories:
- #62 in Cities
- #49 in Poverty
- #73 in Social Sciences
- #99 in Social Work
- #47 in Sociology
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