Review Wow! This book is an ethnographic tour de force documenting the European social democratic dream's collision with the nightmare reality of the neoliberal 'global chase for profit' --Professor Philippe Bourgois, author of Righteous Dopefiend and In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El BarrioA detailed, enthralling and discomforting ethnographic investigation of the growing poverty and desperation found at the edges of Europe's glittering metropolises... what Briggs reveals will make you sad and angry, but the gritty reality of our most marginalised neighbourhoods must be researched in this way if the social sciences are to move forward. --Professor Simon Winlow, Teesside University, UKAn unflinching, yet ultimately compassionate rendering of human vulnerability. --Professor Rowland Atkinson, Sheffield University, UK About the Author Dr Daniel Briggs is a Consultant to the British Foreign Office who works part time at the Universidad Europea in Madrid, Spain. As a researcher, writer and inter-disciplinary academic who studies social problems, he has undertaken ethnographic research into social issues from street drug users to terminally ill-patients; from refugees to prostitutes; and from gypsies to gangs and deviant youth behaviours. He also lectures across the social sciences and has published widely. Rubén Monge Gamero has a first-class undergraduate degree in Criminology from Universidad Europea and his final year project was based on participant observation of Valdemingómez. He recently concluded a Masters in Intelligence Analysis and hopes to be a police officer.
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