Villa Victoria : The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio, Pap...

Description: Villa Victoria : The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio, Paperback by Small, Mario Luis, ISBN 0226762920, ISBN-13 9780226762920, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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. Mario Luis Small dismantles the theory that poor urban neighborhoods are inevitably deprived of social capital. He shows that the conditions specified in this theory are vaguely defined and variable among poor communities. According to Small, structural conditions such as unemployment or a failed system of familial relations must be acknowledged as affecting the urban poor, but individual motivations and the importance of timing must be considered as well. Brimming with fresh theoretical insights, Villa Victoria is an elegant work of sociology that will be essential to students of urban poverty.

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Book Title: Villa Victoria : The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston

Number of Pages: 246 Pages

Publication Name: Villa Victoria : the Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio

Language: English

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 2004

Subject: Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Political Economy, Sociology / General, Infrastructure, Poverty & Homelessness, Ecology, Anthropology / General, Sociology / Urban

Item Height: 0.6 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 13.5 Oz

Subject Area: Nature, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics

Item Length: 9.1 in

Author: Mario Luis Small

Item Width: 6.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback