Surviving Poverty : Creating Sustainable Ties among the Poor /

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Surviving Poverty carefully examines the experiences of people living below the poverty level, looking in particular at the tension between social isolation and social ties among the poor. Joan Maya Mazelis draws on in-depth interviews with poor people in Philadelphia to explore how they survive and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mazelis, Joan Maya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social networks.
Poor > Social conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Reseaux sociaux.
Pauvres > Conditions sociales.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Keep Working to Be What You Want
  • 2. I Stay to Myself
  • 3. The Only Way We're Going to Survive
  • 4. What Goes around Comes Around
  • 5. Our Strength Is in Our Unity
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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