Social capital in the city : community and civic life in Philadelphia edited by Richardson Dilworth

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dilworth, Richardson, 1971-

Series:

Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Social networks.

Political participation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Political participation.

Physical Description:

x, 240 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.

Contents:

1876 centennial in Philadelphia / Jerome Hodos

Bonfires, fistfights, and roaring cannons / Mark Brewin

Community advocacy and volunteerism in Wissahickon Park, 1895-2005 / David R. Contosta and Carol L. Franklin

Leveraging social capital / Barbara Ferman

Community-based education in west Philadelphia / Melina Patterson

Credit unions and social capital in Philadelphia / Michael Janson

Comparative disadvantage of African American-owned enterprises / Jennifer Lee

Whose social capital? / Judith Goode and Robert T. O'Brien

Rootedness, isolation, and social capital in an inner-city white neighborhood / Patricia Stern Smallacombe

Wellsprings of social capital / Valeria Harvell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1592133452 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9781592133451 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

62326891