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Villa Victoria : the transformation of social capital in a Boston barrio /
For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation--the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But relatively few have examined precisely how such pov...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University Of Chicago Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation--the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But relatively few have examined precisely how such poverty affects social capital or have considered for what reasons living in a poor neighborhood results in such undesirable effects. This book examines a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston to consider the pros and cons of social scientific thinking about the true nature of ghettos in America. Mari. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 226 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226762937 0226762939 9780226762913 0226762912 |