Race, neighborhoods, and the misuse of social capital / / edited by James Jennings
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| Titolo: |
Race, neighborhoods, and the misuse of social capital / / edited by James Jennings
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.3/416089 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Social policy 1993- |
| Altri autori: |
JenningsJames <1949->
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Race, neighborhoods, and the misuse of social capital |
| ISBN: | 1-281-36316-2 |
| 9786611363161 | |
| 0-230-60482-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811347303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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