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Social networks and social exclusion : sociological and policy perspectives / edited by Chris Phillipson, Graham Allan, David Morgan

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2004Description: xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0754634299 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
Introduction / Chris Phillipson, Graham Allan and David Morgan -- Social networks and social exclusion: an overview of the debate / Graham Crow -- Measuring social networks and asessing their benefits / James Lubben and Melanie Gironda -- Social networks and social support in later life / Chris Phillipson -- Networks and neighbourhoods: children's accounts of friendship, family and place / Virginia Morrow -- Capturing personal communities / Ray Pahl and Liz Spencer -- Cultural capital, social networks and social contexts: cultural orientations toward spare time practices in a new town / Dale Southerton -- Diversity in partnership histories: implications for older adults' social integration / Pearl A. Dykstra -- Social networks as mediators between the harsh circumstances of people's lives, and their lived experience of health and well-being / Vicky Cattell -- Older people in urban neighbourhoods: addressing the risk of social exclusion in later life / Thomas Scharf and Allison E. Smith -- Can government influence our friendships? The range and limits of tools for trying to shape solidarities / Perri 6 -- Community issues and social networks / Marilyn Taylor -- Public policy and social networks: just how "socially aware" is the policy-making process? / Vicki Nash.
Summary: Providing an overview of the social network literature with a particular focus on the USA and Britain, this volume reviews the range of social issues and concerns associated with the social network perspective
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""This book originated from a seminar series entitled 'Social networks and social exclusion: conceptual and public policy issues'""-- Acknowledgements

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-266) and index

Introduction / Chris Phillipson, Graham Allan and David Morgan -- Social networks and social exclusion: an overview of the debate / Graham Crow -- Measuring social networks and asessing their benefits / James Lubben and Melanie Gironda -- Social networks and social support in later life / Chris Phillipson -- Networks and neighbourhoods: children's accounts of friendship, family and place / Virginia Morrow -- Capturing personal communities / Ray Pahl and Liz Spencer -- Cultural capital, social networks and social contexts: cultural orientations toward spare time practices in a new town / Dale Southerton -- Diversity in partnership histories: implications for older adults' social integration / Pearl A. Dykstra -- Social networks as mediators between the harsh circumstances of people's lives, and their lived experience of health and well-being / Vicky Cattell -- Older people in urban neighbourhoods: addressing the risk of social exclusion in later life / Thomas Scharf and Allison E. Smith -- Can government influence our friendships? The range and limits of tools for trying to shape solidarities / Perri 6 -- Community issues and social networks / Marilyn Taylor -- Public policy and social networks: just how "socially aware" is the policy-making process? / Vicki Nash.

Providing an overview of the social network literature with a particular focus on the USA and Britain, this volume reviews the range of social issues and concerns associated with the social network perspective

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