Villa Victoria
Title | Villa Victoria PDF eBook |
Author | Mario Luis Small |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2009-05-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0226762939 |
For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation—the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But relatively few have examined precisely how such poverty affects social capital or have considered for what reasons living in a poor neighborhood results in such undesirable effects. This book examines a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston to consider the pros and cons of social scientific thinking about the true nature of ghettos in America. Mario Luis Small dismantles the theory that poor urban neighborhoods are inevitably deprived of social capital. He shows that the conditions specified in this theory are vaguely defined and variable among poor communities. According to Small, structural conditions such as unemployment or a failed system of familial relations must be acknowledged as affecting the urban poor, but individual motivations and the importance of timing must be considered as well. Brimming with fresh theoretical insights, Villa Victoria is an elegant work of sociology that will be essential to students of urban poverty.
Latina Politics, Latino Politics
Title | Latina Politics, Latino Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Hardy-Fanta |
Publisher | Temple University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2011-02-02 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1439907625 |
Political organizing by men and women in Boston's Latino community.
A Sheltered Crisis
Title | A Sheltered Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Discrimination in housing |
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People, Building Neighborhoods
Title | People, Building Neighborhoods PDF eBook |
Author | National Commission on Neighborhoods |
Publisher | |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Community development |
ISBN |
The Sketch
Title | The Sketch PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 850 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | |
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Neighborhood Planning Primer
Title | Neighborhood Planning Primer PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | City planning |
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People, Building Neighborhoods
Title | People, Building Neighborhoods PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Commission on Neighborhoods |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1380 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Community development, Urban |
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