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1028539
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b782909
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Small, Mario Luis.
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Villa Victoria : : the transformation of social capital in a Boston barrio /\ Mario Luis Small.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University Of Chicago Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xx, 226 pages) :: map
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0226762912
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: 0226762939
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: 9780226762913
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: 9780226762937
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0226762912
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0226762920
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9780226762920
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index.
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| Contents
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How does neighborhood poverty affect social capital? -- Villa Victoria and Boston's South End -- The rise and decline of local participation, part 1 : social organization theory -- The rise and decline of local participation, part 2 : cohorts and collective narratives -- The ecology of group differentiation -- Social capital and the spatialization of resources -- A labyrinth of loyalties -- Social capital in poor neighborhoods.
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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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Poor-- Social networks-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
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Puerto Ricans-- Massachusetts-- Boston-- Social conditions.
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Social capital (Sociology)-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
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Social ecology-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
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Social participation-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
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Fattiga.
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Partizipation
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Puerto Ricaner
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Puerto Ricans-- Social conditions.
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Puertoricaner.
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SELF-HELP-- Personal Growth-- Success.
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Social conditions.
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Social ecology.
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Social integration.
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Social participation.
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Socialekologi.
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Socialt kapital.
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Socialt samspel.
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Soziale Situation
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Soziales Kapital
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Sozialökologie
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Armoede.
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Getto's.
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Groepsbinding.
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Puertoricanen.
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South End (Boston, Mass.), Social conditions.
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Boston, Mass.
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Massachusetts, Boston, South End.
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Massachusetts, Boston.
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Puertoricaner.
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| Dewey Classification
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302/.14/09744/61
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HN80.B7S63 2004eb
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71.14bcl
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MS 1870rvk
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