Getting Ahead : : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks / / Silvia Dominguez.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Dominguez, Silvia,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Social Flow --; 2. The Neighborhoods --; 3. Social Support and Family Life --; 4. Leverage-Based Social Positioning --; 5. “I Got the Job:” Family and Work Support --; 6. When Social Positioning Is Not Enough --; 7. When Intervention Is Necessary --; 8. Immigrant Networks --; Notes --; References --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814785072; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814720776.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Silvia Dominguez.

Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housing in two Boston-area neighborhoods. Silvia Domínguez argues that these immigrant women parlay social ties that provide support and leverage to develop networks and achieve social positioning to get ahead. Through a rich ethnographic account and in-depth interviews, the strong voices of these women demonstratehow they successfully negotiate the world and achieve social mobility through their own individual agency, skillfullynavigating both constraints and opportunities.Domínguez makes it clear that many immigrant women are able to develop the social support needed for a rich social life, and leverage ties that open options for them to develop their social and human capital. However, she also shows that factors such as neighborhood and domestic violence and the unavailability of social services leave many women without the ability to strategize towards social mobility. Ultimately, Domínguez makes important local and international policy recommendations on issue ranging from public housing to world labor visas, demonstrating how policy can help to improve the lives of these and other low-income people.