New book by Ramakrishnan and Bloemraad
September 29, 2008 at 10:14 am | Posted in immigrants, new books, what to read | Leave a comment
Civic Hopes and Political Realities, edited by S. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Irene Bloemraad, examines the role of community organizations in the political engagement of immigrants. From the publisher: For many Americans, participation in community organizations lays the groundwork for future political engagement. But how does this traditional model relate to the experiences of today’s immigrants? In Civic Hopes and Political Realities, experts explore how civic groups are shaping immigrants’ quest for political effectiveness. Civic Hopes and Political Realities shows that while immigrant organizations play an important role in the lives of members, their impact is often compromised by political marginalization and a severe lack of resources.
New book by Sandra Smith
September 24, 2008 at 8:16 pm | Posted in job centers, job search, new books, social capital, what to read | Leave a comment
In Lone Pursuit:Distrust and Defensive Individualism among the Black Poor, based on interviews with jobs seekers and job holders and on observations in a state job center, Smith examines the use of personal and institutional social capital among the black urban poor. From the publisher: Myriad theories have been put forward to explain the persistent joblessness among the black poor. In Lone Pursuit, Smith cuts through this thicket of competing explanations to examine the actual process through which the black poor search for jobs. Based on in-depth interviews with 105 low-income and low-skilled African American men and women, Smith reveals that pervasive distrust between black poor jobseekers and their labor market intermediaries makes the activation of personal and institutional forms of social capital for job-finding unlikely.
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