Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy by Hartmann, Douglas - 2016-07-28

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University of Chicago Press, 2016. paperback. Good +/None as issued. 8x5x0. Used paperback textbook from university bookstore, with expected stickers and stamps. Solid copy with unmarked text, a few bent page corners. Cover has moderate surface and edge wear. Binding is tight and square, no creases to spine or cover. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2016. Paperback. New. 259 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Midnight basketball may not have been invented in Chicago, but the City of Big Shoulders home of Michael Jordan and the Bulls is where it first came to national prominence. And it's also where Douglas Hartmann first began to think seriously about the audacious notion that organizing young men to run around in the wee hours of the night all trying to throw a leather ball through a metal hoop could constitute meaningful social policy. Organized in the 1980s and '90s by dozens of American cities, late-night basketball leagues were designed for social intervention, risk reduction, and crime prevention targeted at African American youth and young men. In Midnight Basketball, Hartmann traces the history of the program and the policy transformations of the period, while exploring the racial ideologies, cultural tensions, and institutional realities that shaped the entire field of sports-based social policy. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the book also brings to life the… Read More