Street Corner Society

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Introduction

• Street corner society refers to a book authored
  by Whyte.
• The involve study of the phenomenon of
  neighborhood .
• Complexity among police, gangs, politicians and
  racketeers steered this.
• Its setting is in the Northern End part of
  Boston.
• This part was known as Cornerville.

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The Book

• Whyte studies the second Italians generation in
  this work.
• There is the gang that is led by Doc called
  corner boys.
• These boys are claiming a space in their
  neighborhood.
• With his gang, Doc assumed a street corner as
  their turf.
• This gang did not undergo formal education.
• Chic as well as the other club members focuses on
  acquiring college education as well as social
  mobility.

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• There is a complex setting that exists comprising
  of corner boys and highway robbers.
• Their aim is to destabilize social order in the
  society.
• There are different subsystems that exist in this
  setting.
• The gangs social organization is one such
  subsystem.
• These peer groups appear disintegrated.
• They are however organized and structured
  properly because they depict hierarchical
  structures which the members follow.

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Leadership

• There is strong leadership in these organizations
  .
• This guides the members in running the groups
  affair.
• College members belonged to the group of an
  Italian community.
• Chic led this group while the corner boys were
  led by Doc.
• There was proper structuring and organization of
  both groups.

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Features of Cornerville members

• Relationship is leadership.
• There are strong bonds in both groups.
• These bonds and leadership enhances the
  coordination of the group members.
• This seems to have contributed to the
  establishment of their social relations.
• College boys have formal relationships while
  corner boys have information relationships.

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Friendship

• The book expresses friendship that is shown by
  the society of the street corner and the city
  setting.
• There are variances and similarities of these
  settings .
• The work focuses more on the gangs position and
  every side attempt to express the essence of
  friendship.
• The friendship relationship in the society of
  street corner is highlighted by society dwellers
  instead of those outside the setting.
• The society gangs of street corner were joined
  together from the time they were children.

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