LEADER 03843nam 2200817 a 450 001 9910970770203321 005 20250628110028.0 010 $a9780814785072 010 $a0814785077 010 $a9780814721216 010 $a0814721214 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814785072 035 $a(CKB)2560000000055438 035 $a(EBL)865966 035 $a(OCoLC)782878079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000469560 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11284087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469560 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511206 035 $a(PQKB)10359847 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326714 035 $a(OCoLC)710060683 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4813 035 $a(DE-B1597)548120 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814785072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865966 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10444617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4004159 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865966 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4004159 035 $a(Perlego)719943 035 $a(ODN)ODN0002578551 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000055438 100 $a20100716d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGetting ahead $esocial mobility, public housing, and immigrant networks /$fSilvia Domi?nguez 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780814720783 311 08$a0814720781 311 08$a9780814720776 311 08$a0814720773 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index. 327 $aSocial flow -- The neighborhoods -- Social support and family life -- Leverage-based social positioning -- Family and work support -- When social positioning is not enough -- When intervention is necessary -- Immigrant networks. 330 $aGetting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housing in two Boston-area neighborhoods. Silvia Domínguez argues that these immigrant women parlay social ties that provide support and leverage to develop networks and achieve social positioning to get ahead. Through a rich ethnographic account and in-depth interviews, the strong voices of these women demonstratehow they successfully negotiate the world and achieve social mobility through their own individual agency, skillfullynavigating both constraints and opportunities.Domínguez makes it clear that many immigrant women are able to develop the social support needed for a rich social life, and leverage ties that open options for them to develop their social and human capital. However, she also shows that factors such as neighborhood and domestic violence and the unavailability of social services leave many women without the ability to strategize towards social mobility. Ultimately, Domínguez makes important local and international policy recommendations on issue ranging from public housing to world labor visas, demonstrating how policy can help to improve the lives of these and other low-income people. 606 $aSocial mobility$zUnited States 606 $aImmigrants$xSocial networks$zUnited States 606 $aAcculturation$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical refugees$zChile 606 $aChileans$zUnited States 615 0$aSocial mobility 615 0$aImmigrants$xSocial networks 615 0$aAcculturation 615 0$aPolitical refugees 615 0$aChileans 676 $a305.5/130869120973 686 $aSOC007000$aSOC026000$2bisacsh 700 $aDomi?nguez$b Silvia$f1961-$01830344 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970770203321 996 $aGetting ahead$94400623 997 $aUNINA