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Surviving poverty : creating sustainable ties among the poor / Joan Maya Mazelis.

By: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2017]Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781479873593 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9781479870080 (pb : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5/523 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.P6 M394 2017
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : social ties among the poor in an era of unprecedented inequality -- Keep working to be what you want : the power of individualism -- I stay to myself : avoidance of social ties -- The only way we're going to survive : social ties as a survival strategy -- What goes around comes around : reciprocity in a poor people's social network -- Our strength is in our unity : sustainable social ties -- Conclusion: creating change on the outskirts of hope -- Appendix: research design, methods, and data analysis -- References -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : social ties among the poor in an era of unprecedented inequality -- Keep working to be what you want : the power of individualism -- I stay to myself : avoidance of social ties -- The only way we're going to survive : social ties as a survival strategy -- What goes around comes around : reciprocity in a poor people's social network -- Our strength is in our unity : sustainable social ties -- Conclusion: creating change on the outskirts of hope -- Appendix: research design, methods, and data analysis -- References -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.

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