Social capital and poor communities

✍ Scribed by Saegert, Susan; Thompson, J. Phillip; Warren, Mark R.

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 352
Series: The Ford Foundation Series on Asset Building.
Edition: First papercover edition.
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

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.

✦ Subjects

Social capital (Sociology) -- United States;Urban poor -- United States;Community development -- United States;United States -- Social policy;United States -- Economic policy;Community development;Economic policy;Social capital (Sociology);Social policy;Urban poor;United States

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