Social Networks and Social Exclusion: Sociological and Policy Perspectives

by Allan,Graham

• ISBN13: 9780754634294
• ISBN10: 0754634299
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

There is now substantial evidence that attachment to a network may be vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Providing an overview of the social network literature with a particular focus on the USA and Britain, this illuminating volume reviews the range of social issues and concerns associated with the social network perspective.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Contributors	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
1 Introduction	1	(6)
Chris Phillipson, Graham Allan and David Morgan
2 Social Networks and Social Exclusion: An Overview of the Debate	7	(13)
Graham Crow
3 Measuring Social Networks and Assessing their Benefits	20	(15)
James Lubben and Melanie Gironda
4 Social Networks and Social Support in Later Life	35	(15)
Chris Phillipson
5 Networks and Neighbourhoods: Children's Accounts of Friendship, Family and Place	50	(22)
Virginia Morrow
6 Capturing Personal Communities	72	(25)
Ray Pahl and Liz Spencer
7 Cultural Capital, Social Networks and Social Contexts: Cultural Orientations Toward Spare Time Practices in a New Town	97	(20)
Dale Southerton
8 Diversity in Partnership Histories: Implications for Older Adults' Social Integration	117	(25)
Pearl A. Dykstra
9 Social Networks as Mediators Between the Harsh Circumstances of People's Lives, and their Lived Experience of Health and Well-being	142	(20)
Vicky Cattell
10 Older People in Urban Neighbourhoods: Addressing the Risk of Social Exclusion in Later Life	162	(18)
Thomas Scharf and Allison E. Smith
11 Can Government Influence our Friendships? The Range and Limits of Tools for Trying to Shape Solidarities	180	(25)
Perri 6
12 Community Issues and Social Networks	205	(14)
Marilyn Taylor
13 Public Policy and Social Networks: Just How 'Socially Aware' is the Policy-making Process?	219	(17)
Vicki Nash
Bibliography	236	(31)
Index	267