Getting Ahead : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks /
Getting 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 ah...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2010]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Social Flow
- 2. The Neighborhoods
- 3. Social Support and Family Life
- 4. Leverage-Based Social Positioning
- 5. "I Got the Job:" Family and Work Support
- 6. When Social Positioning Is Not Enough
- 7. When Intervention Is Necessary
- 8. Immigrant Networks
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author