Opportunities and deprivation in the urban South : poverty, segregation and social networks in Sao Paulo / / by Eduardo Cesar Leao Marques

• Autore: Marques Eduardo Cesar Leao
• Pubblicazione: Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/69098161
• Soggetto topico: Urban poor - Brazil - Sao Paulo; Social networks - Brazil - Sao Paulo
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Opportunities and deprivation in the urban South
• ISBN: 1-315-59900-7; 1-317-08533-7; 1-317-08532-9; 1-280-68942-0; 9786613666369; 1-4094-4271-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809536203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cities and Society