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Title Race, neighborhoods, and the misuse of social capital / edited by James Jennings
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 179 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Race, social relations and the study of social capital / Lisa Garcia Bedolla -- Old whines in new bottles : Robert Putnam, Richard Florida, and the 'community' problem in contemporary America / Daniel J. Monti, Jr -- Social capital, the sow's ear, and the closing of the political universe / Stephen Samuel Smith and Jessica Kulynych -- Moving beyond vagueness : social capital, social networks and economic outcomes / Russell Williams -- Social capital, race, and the future of inner city neighborhoods / James Jennings -- Social capital in refugee and immigrant communities / David Turcotte and Linda Silka -- From africville to globalville : race, poverty and urban governance in halifax, canada / Karen Bridgett Murray -- The political use of social capital in new zealand / Richard Davis
Summary Tackles three key issues: how social capital is discussed within the contexts of racial inequality, how this dialogue informs public policy regarding neighbourhood revitalization and economic development, and how effective a strategy utilization of social capital is for improving inner city living conditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Social capital (Sociology) -- United States
Social capital (Sociology) -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
Social capital (Sociology) -- New Zealand
Urban poor -- United States
Urban poor -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
Urban poor -- New Zealand
Community development -- United States
Community development -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
Community development -- New Zealand
Urban communities.
Ethnic studies.
Social discrimination.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Society.
Community development
Social capital (Sociology)
Social policy
Urban poor
SUBJECT United States -- Social policy -- 1993- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006374
Subject New Zealand
Nova Scotia -- Halifax
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Jennings, James, 1949-
ISBN 023060482X
9780230604827
9781349538782
1349538787
9786611363161
6611363165