Opportunities and deprivation in the urban South : poverty, segregation and social networks in São Paulo

Opportunities and deprivation in the urban South : poverty, segregation and social networks in São Paulo / Eduardo Cesar Leão Marques.

A rigorous examination of poverty in São Paulo, a contemporary megacity, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South explores the different types of network that exist amongst the metropolitan poor, the conditions that shape and influence them, their consequences for the production of poverty...

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Main Author: Marques, Eduardo Cesar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Series:Cities and society series.
Subjects:
Urban poor > Brazil > São Paulo.
Social networks > Brazil > São Paulo.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Social networks
Urban poor
Brazil > São Paulo
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Constructing Conceptual Bridges between Poverty, Segregation and Networks; 2 The Spaces and Poverties of São Paulo; 4 How do the Networks Vary?; 5 Do the Networks Matter for the Access to Markets?; 6 Do Social Networks Matter in Gaining Access to Goods and Services Obtained from Outside Markets?; 7 How do the Networks Matter: Network Mobilization and Relational Mechanisms; Conclusion; References; Methodological Appendix; Index.

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