Urban social capital : civil society and city life / edited by Joseph D. Lewandowski and Gregory W. Streich.

Author
Lewandowski, Joseph D., 1966- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Description
xix, 339 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: social capital and city life / Joseph D. Lewandowski and Gregory W. Streich
    • 1. City seclusion and social exclusion: how and why economic disparities harm social capital / Alina R. Oxendine
    • 2. Social capital, social exclusion and rehabilitation policy in the Hungarian urban context / Katalin Füzér and Judit Monostori
    • 3. Cooperation and trust in urban residential communities / Annamária Orbán
    • 4. Urban social poverty / Joseph D. Lewandowski
    • 5. City life and film: narratives of urban social capital in Gran Torino / Gregory W. Streich
    • 6. Staunch: Maori gangs in urban New Zealand / Rawiri Taonui and Greg Newbold
    • 7. The care market: social capital and urban African funeral societies / Gift Dafuleya and Scelo Zibagwe
    • 8. Social capital dynamics in the post-colonial Harare urbanscape / Innocent Chirisa
    • 9. Urban development and social capital: lessons from Kathmandu / Urmi Sengupta and Sujeet Sharma
    • 10. Disruptive social capital in Los Angeles: (Un)healthy socio-spatial interactions among Filipino men living with HIV/AIDS / Lois M. Takahashi and Michelle G. Magalong
    • 11. Gender relations, migration, and urban social capital in Hong Kong / Sam Wong
    • 12. Discovering social capital among older adults in the urban communities of Shanghai / Cheng Honglin and Wong Yu-Cheung.
    ISBN
    • 9781409412243 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1409412245 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781409412250 ((ebook))
    • 1409412253 ((ebook))
    LCCN
    2011040597
    OCLC
    757931585
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