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Examines social capital across social contexts and time periods within the city and the role of social networks, moving beyond typical definitions of social capital

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This is a valuable collection of essays: well researched, well written, and delivered on a timely subject. Howard Gillette, Rutgers University One of the strengths of the collection as a whole is the way in which many provocative questions are raised - questions that are inherent in the relationship of social capital formation to civic life and social divisions within the city, as well as questions about the strengths and limitations of the concept of social capital itself. David Bartlett, Temple University Overall, this is a valuable collection of essays for those interested in exploring the use of social capital in understanding late twentieth-century Philadelphia. Its strength is its diversity of disciplinary perspectives. H-Net Reviews This book is an important corrective to somewhat bland and self-evident understandings of social capital which tend to ignore the deeply contested nature of urban space. City The book's major contribution is its rich analysis, which examines the social context in which social capital and social networks emerge and are sustained...Highly recommended. Choice This whole volume is tied together superbly in a concluding article by Mathew Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg. Not only do Crenson and Ginsberg help the reader make sense of a diverse array of articles, they add their own incisive and provocative observations and provide a satisfying end to what is an excellent overall work. The Journal of Planning Education and Research [A] compelling book that makes a rich contribution to the literature on both social capital and the city of Philadelphia. - Commonwealth: A Journal of Political Science.

"""This is a valuable collection of essays: well researched, well written, and delivered on a timely subject."" Howard Gillette, Rutgers University ""One of the strengths of the collection as a whole is the way in which many provocative questions are raised - questions that are inherent in the relationship of social capital formation to civic life and social divisions within the city, as well as questions about the strengths and limitations of the concept of social capital itself."" David Bartlett, Temple University ""Overall, this is a valuable collection of essays for those interested in exploring the use of social capital in understanding late twentieth-century Philadelphia. Its strength is its diversity of disciplinary perspectives."" H-Net Reviews ""This book is an important corrective to somewhat bland and self-evident understandings of social capital which tend to ignore the deeply contested nature of urban space."" City ""The book's major contribution is its rich analysis, which examines the social context in which social capital and social networks emerge and are sustained...Highly recommended."" Choice ""This whole volume is tied together superbly in a concluding article by Mathew Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg. Not only do Crenson and Ginsberg help the reader make sense of a diverse array of articles, they add their own incisive and provocative observations and provide a satisfying end to what is an excellent overall work."" The Journal of Planning Education and Research ""[A] compelling book that makes a rich contribution to the literature on both social capital and the city of Philadelphia."" - Commonwealth: A Journal of Political Science."

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