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

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

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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 ah...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Dominguez, Silvia,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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