1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910758481903321

Autore

Neumark Tom

Titolo

Caring cash : free money and the ethics of solidarity in Kenya / / Tom Neumark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Las Vegas, Nevada : , : Pluto Press, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

1-78680-783-1

1-78680-784-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Collana

Anthropology, Culture and Society

Disciplina

338.5

Soggetti

Microeconomics

Economic development

Public welfare

Kenya

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction: Grants and the Care for Relationships -- Part I -- 1 The Ghetto: A Place of Refuge and Charity -- 2 Scoring the Poor -- Part II -- 3 Under the Aegis of Mistrust -- 4 Detaching from Others, Surviving with Others -- 5 A Mother's Care -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An anthropological study of the impact of cash grants on the economic dynamics and relationships among Kenya's urban poor.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824259303321

Autore

Pereyra Cáceres Omar

Titolo

Contemporary middle class in Latin America : a study of San Felipe / / Omar Pereyra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7391-9107-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

305.5/50980905

Soggetti

Middle class - Latin America - History - 21st century

Social change - Latin America - History - 21st century

Social mobility - Latin America - History - 21st century

Cities and towns - Growth

Latin America Social conditions 21st century

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 San Felipe and the Transformation of the Social and Urban Space; 2 Trajectories; 3 Boundaries; 4 Controlling Common Space; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3: Glossary of Spanish Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book is about the transformation of the contemporary Peruvian middle class. Scholars interested in Latin American stratification and urbanization will find this book informative about two oft neglected, but highly relevant, topics in the region: the middle classes and the formal area of the city. </span></span>