Social capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because
they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks. But why do some …

Segregation along lines of race/ethnicity and class has created multi‐ethnic and rather class‐
homogeneous neighbourhoods in various European cities, commonly labelled as …

Moving to Opportunity tackles one of America's most enduring dilemmas: the great,
unresolved question of how to overcome persistent ghetto poverty. Launched in 1994, the …

The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern
cities: what they are, how they work, and where they are headed. Cities and urban life can …

" Early Childhood Development" celebrates the rich diversity of development among
children in all neighborhoods in the United States and around the globe. It examines the …

Economic expansion indirectly promotes class diversification at the neighbourhood scale
with a consequent reduction of social divides at the regional scale. To verify this working …

This book shows how ordinary Americans imagine their communities and the extent to which
their communities' boundaries determine who they believe should benefit from the …

Our nation began with the simple phrase,“We the People.” But who were and are “We”? Who
were we in 1776, in 1865, or 1968, and is there any continuity in character between the we …

The authors reviewed the literature on the meaning and experience of friendship for
members of underrepresented groups (sexual orientation and gender diversity, race and …

It is frequently supposed that the ethnic composition of a neighbourhood affects ethnic
minorities' social contacts with natives, co-ethnics and other ethnic minorities. Research to …