Description: Getting Ahead : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks, Hardcover by Dominguez, Silvia, ISBN 0814720773, ISBN-13 9780814720776, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Honorable Mention, 2014 Distinguished Contribution to Research Award presented by the Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association 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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Book Title: Getting Ahead : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Ne
Number of Pages: 278 Pages
Publication Name: Getting Ahead : Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Emigration & Immigration
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science
Author: Silvia Dominguez
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
