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Author Marques, Eduardo Cesar

Title Opportunities and deprivation in the urban South : poverty, segregation and social networks in São Paulo / Eduardo Cesar Leão Marques
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Cities and society series
Cities and society series.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Constructing Conceptual Bridges between Poverty, Segregation and Networks; 2 The Spaces and Poverties of São Paulo; 4 How do the Networks Vary?; 5 Do the Networks Matter for the Access to Markets?; 6 Do Social Networks Matter in Gaining Access to Goods and Services Obtained from Outside Markets?; 7 How do the Networks Matter: Network Mobilization and Relational Mechanisms; Conclusion; References; Methodological Appendix; Index
Summary A rigorous examination of poverty in São Paulo, a contemporary megacity, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South explores the different types of network that exist amongst the metropolitan poor, the conditions that shape and influence them, their consequences for the production of poverty and the mechanisms through which networks influence daily living conditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Urban poor -- Brazil -- São Paulo
Social networks -- Brazil -- São Paulo
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
Social networks
Urban poor
Brazil -- São Paulo
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012006251
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