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Getting Ahead

Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks

Autor: Silvia Dominguez

Jazyk:

Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housin...

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Autor

Silvia Dominguez

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2013

Stránok

278

EAN

9780814720783

ISBN

0814720781

Enbook ID

04931066

Vydavateľ

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

Hmotnosť

438

Rozmery

163 x 230 x 18

Kompletný popis

Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housing in two Boston-area neighborhoods. Silvia Dominguez 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 demonstrate how they successfully negotiate the world and achieve social mobility through their own individual agency, skilfully navigating both constraints and opportunities. Dominguez 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, Dominguez 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.