Getting Ahead : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks.

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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 a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Domínguez, Silvia, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
Temas:
Social mobility > United States.
Immigrants > Social networks > United States.
Acculturation > United States.
Political refugees > Chile.
Chileans > United States.
Mobilité sociale > États-Unis.
Chiliens > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Acculturation
Chileans
Immigrants > Social networks
Political refugees
Social mobility
Chile
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 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 t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages)
ISBN:9780814785072
0814785077

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