South African Review of Sociology (@sars-journal.bsky.social)

Rejecting essentialist cultural explanations of drug abuse & gangsterism this article posits it an outcome of broader structural forces: unemployment, poverty, government neglect & colonial & Apartheid racial exclusions #Tewolde #SARS #Sociology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A Theory of Drug Use and Gangsterism: The “De-Cultured” Framework Using the Experiences of “Coloured” South Africans as Evidence There is extensive scholarly work on drug problems and drug-related gangsterism on historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups globally. Researchers have also examined drug problems and gang... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21528586.2025.2575775