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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784136303321

Titolo

Race, neighborhoods, and the misuse of social capital [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James Jennings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-36316-2

9786611363161

0-230-60482-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JenningsJames <1949->

Disciplina

307.3/416089

Soggetti

Social capital (Sociology) - United States

Social capital (Sociology) - Nova Scotia - Halifax

Social capital (Sociology) - New Zealand

Urban poor - United States

Urban poor - Nova Scotia - Halifax

Urban poor - New Zealand

Community development - United States

Community development - Nova Scotia - Halifax

Community development - New Zealand

United States Social policy 1993-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Race, Social Relations, and the Study of Social Capital; 2 Old Whines in New Bottles: Robert Putnam, Richard Florida, and the "Community" Problem in Contemporary America; 3 Social Capital, the Sow's Ear, and the Closing of the Political Universe; 4 Moving Beyond Vagueness: Social Capital, Social Networks, and Economic Outcomes; 5 Social Capital, Race, and the Future of Inner-City Neighborhoods; 6 Social Capital in Refugee and Immigrant Communities; 7 From Africville to Globalville: Race, Poverty, and Urban Governance in Halifax, Nova Scotia

8 The Political Use of Social Capital in New Zealand Bibliography; Contributors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This anthology tackles three key issues: how social capital is discussed within the contexts of racial inequality, how this dialogue informs public policy regarding neighbourhood revitalization and economic development, and how effective a strategy utilization of social capital is for improving inner city living conditions.