Getting Ahead : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks / Silvia Dominguez.
2010
HN59 .D643 2016
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Title
Getting Ahead : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks / Silvia Dominguez.
Author
Dominguez, Silvia, author.
ISBN
9780814785072
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814720776.001.0001 doi
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HN59 .D643 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.5130869120973
Summary
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.
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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
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