Social capital and poor communities

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Contributors Preface -- Melvin L. Oliver Foreword -- Robert D. Putnam Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Role of Social Capital in Combating Poverty -- Mark R. Warren, J. Phillip Thompson, and Susan Saegert Part I. The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital Chapter 2. Social Capital and the Culture of Power: Lessons from the Field -- M. Lisette Lopez and Carol B. Stack Chapter 3. Social Capital in America's Poor Rural Communities -- Cynthia M. Duncan Part II. Policy Arenas Chapter 4. Crime and Public Safety: Insights from Community-Level Perspectives on Social Capital. Chapter 5. Making Social Capital Work: Social Capital and Community Economic Development -- Ross Gittell and J. Phillip ThompsonChapter 6. Housing, Social Capital, and Poor Communities -- Langley C. Keyes Chapter 7. Social Capital, Poverty, and Community Health: An Exploration of Linkages -- Sherman A. James, Amy J. Schulz, and Juliana von Olphen Chapter 8. Transforming Urban Schools through Investments in the Social Capital of Parents -- Pedro A. Noguera Part III. Institutional Settings. Chapter 9. Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities -- Michael W. Foley, John D. McCarthy, and Mark ChavesChapter 10. Capitalizing on Labor's Capital -- Margaret Levi Chapter 11. Social Capital, Intervening Institutions, and Political Power -- Cathy J. Cohen Chapter 12. Social Capital, Political Participation, and the Urban Community -- Ester R. Fuchs, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Lorraine C. Minnite Index.