Cracks in the pavement : social change and resilience in poor neighborhoods /

"Woven throughout with rich details of everyday life, this original, on-the-ground study of poor neighborhoods challenges much prevailing wisdom about urban poverty, shedding new light on the people, institutions, and culture in these communities. Over the course of nearly a decade, Martín Sá...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sánchez-Jankowski, Martín, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Temas:
Urban poor > United States > Case studies.
Inner cities > United States > Case studies.
Poor > Social networks > New York (State) > New York.
Poor > Social networks > California > Los Angeles.
Social change > New York (State) > New York.
Social change > California > Los Angeles.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Pauvres > Réseaux sociaux > New York (État) > New York.
Pauvres > Réseaux sociaux > Californie > Los Angeles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Inner cities.
Social change.
Urban poor.
California > Los Angeles.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A theory of life, social change, and preservation in poor neighborhoods
  • Give me shelter : competing agendas for life in public housing
  • A living refuge : social change and preservation in the housing project
  • Provisions for life : making the mom-and-pop store a neighborhood institution
  • Taking care of business : social change and preservation in the mom-and-pop store
  • Not just a clip joint : hair shops and the institution of grooming
  • Life on the edge : social change and preservation in the hair shop
  • The gang's all here : fathering a bastard institution
  • All in the family : mothering the gang as a bastard institution
  • Whither the neighborhood high school? Contending roles and functions
  • School works : the dynamics of two production lines.

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