Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Preface
  • Melvin L. Oliver; Foreword
  • Robert D. Putnam; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Role of Social Capital in Combating Poverty
  • Mark R. Warren, J. Phillip Thompson, and Susan Saegert; Part I. The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital; Chapter 2. Social Capital and the Culture of Power: Lessons from the Field
  • M. Lisette Lopez and Carol B. Stack; Chapter 3. Social Capital in America's Poor Rural Communities
  • Cynthia M. Duncan; Part II. Policy Arenas; Chapter 4. Crime and Public Safety: Insights from Community-Level Perspectives on Social Capital.
  • Chapter 5. Making Social Capital Work: Social Capital and Community Economic Development
  • Ross Gittell and J. Phillip ThompsonChapter 6. Housing, Social Capital, and Poor Communities
  • Langley C. Keyes; Chapter 7. Social Capital, Poverty, and Community Health: An Exploration of Linkages
  • Sherman A. James, Amy J. Schulz, and Juliana von Olphen; Chapter 8. Transforming Urban Schools through Investments in the Social Capital of Parents
  • Pedro A. Noguera; Part III. Institutional Settings.
  • Chapter 9. Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities
  • Michael W. Foley, John D. McCarthy, and Mark ChavesChapter 10. Capitalizing on Labor's Capital
  • Margaret Levi; Chapter 11. Social Capital, Intervening Institutions, and Political Power
  • Cathy J. Cohen; Chapter 12. Social Capital, Political Participation, and the Urban Community
  • Ester R. Fuchs, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Lorraine C. Minnite; Index.