Surviving poverty : creating sustainable ties among the poor /

Surviving Poverty carefully examines the experiences of people living below the poverty level, looking in particular at the tension between social isolation and social ties among the poor. Joan Maya Mazelis draws on in-depth interviews with poor people in Philadelphia to explore how they survive and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mazelis, Joan Maya (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	De Gruyter
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2017] New York, NY : [2017] New York, [New York] : 2017
Subjects:	Poor > Social conditions Social networks Pauvres > Conditions sociales Réseaux sociaux Réseaux sociaux POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare Poor Electronic books Dictionaries

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Keep Working to Be What You Want
2. I Stay to Myself
3. The Only Way We're Going to Survive
4. What Goes around Comes Around
5. Our Strength Is in Our Unity
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Keep Working to Be What You Want
2. I Stay to Myself
3. The Only Way We're Going to Survive
4. What Goes around Comes Around
5. Our Strength Is in Our Unity
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Keep Working to Be What You Want
2. I Stay to Myself
3. The Only Way We're Going to Survive
4. What Goes around Comes Around
5. Our Strength Is in Our Unity
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
About the Author

Surviving poverty : creating sustainable ties among the poor /

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