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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809536203321

Autore

Marques Eduardo Cesar Leão

Titolo

Opportunities and deprivation in the urban South [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, segregation and social networks in São Paulo / / by Eduardo Cesar Leão Marques

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2012

ISBN

1-315-59900-7

1-317-08533-7

1-317-08532-9

1-280-68942-0

9786613666369

1-4094-4271-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Cities and society

Disciplina

305.5/69098161

Soggetti

Urban poor - Brazil - São Paulo

Social networks - Brazil - São Paulo

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; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Constructing Conceptual Bridges between Poverty, Segregation and Networks; 2 The Spaces and Poverties of São Paulo; 4 How do the Networks Vary?; 5 Do the Networks Matter for the Access to Markets?; 6 Do Social Networks Matter in Gaining Access to Goods and Services Obtained from Outside Markets?; 7 How do the Networks Matter: Network Mobilization and Relational Mechanisms; Conclusion; References; Methodological Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A rigorous examination of poverty in São Paulo, a contemporary megacity, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South explores the different types of network that exist amongst the metropolitan poor, the conditions that shape and influence them, their consequences for the production of poverty and the mechanisms through which networks influence daily living conditions.