Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - Do Networks Help People to Manage Poverty? Perspectives From the Field

This volume of The ANNALS examines the uncertain role of network systems in the context of low-income populations in the 21st century. 

Sommario

Introduction - Miranda J. Lubbers, Hugo Valenzuela, Mario Small
Of Morals and Markets: Social Exchange and Poverty in Contemporary Urban Mexico - Mercedes González de la Rocha
Walking a Tightrope: Using Financial Diaries to Investigate Day-to-Day Financial Decisions and the Social Safety Net of the Financially Excluded - Olga Biosca, Neil McHugh, Fatma Ibrahim, Rachel Baker, Tim Laxton and Cam Donaldson
Relationships Stretched Thin: Social Support Mobilization in Poverty - Miranda J. Lubbers, Hugo Valenzuela, Paula Escribano, José Luis Molina, Antònia Casellas, Jorge Grau Rebollo
How Do Low-Income People Form Survival Networks? The Role of Routine Organizations as Brokers - Mario L. Small, Leah Gose
My Crying Is Not a Cry by Itself: Building Sustainable Social Ties through a Poor People's Organization - Joan M. Mazelis
Holiday Clubs as Community Organizations - Paul Stretesky, Margaret Anne Defeyter, Michael A. Long, Zeibeda Sattar, Eilish Crilley
A Divided Sisterhood: Support Networks of Transgender Sex Workers in Urban Turkey - Ezgi Güler
Gaining the Upper Hand: Perspectives on Asymmetries of Transnational Social Protection - Basak Bilecen
Closing - Katherine Newman

Info autore

Miranda Jessica Lubbers is associate professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. She received her PhD from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research addresses two main areas: migration and transnationalism, and poverty and livelihood strategies. Her research has been published in indexed journals like Ethnicities, the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and Social Networks.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Miranda J. (EDT)/ Garcia Lubbers, Miranda J. Garcia Lubbers, Miranda J. J. Garcia Lubbers
• Con la collaborazione di: Hugo Valenzuela Garcia (Editore), Hugo Valenzuela Valenzuela Garcia (Editore), Garcia Hugo Valenzuela (Editore), Miranda J Lubbers (Editore), Miranda J. Lubbers (Editore), Miranda J. J. Lubbers (Editore), Mario Luis Small (Editore), Mario Luis Luis Small (Editore), Small Mario Luis (Editore)
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781071823767
• ISBN: 978-1-0-7182376-7
• Pagine: 204
• Serie: Annals of the American Academy; The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Human Geography