For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that
the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce
distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation--the
disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But
relatively few have examined precisely "how" such poverty affects
social capital or have considered for what reasons living in a poor
neighborhood results in such undesirable effects.
This book examines a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston to
consider the pros and cons of social scientific thinking about the
true nature of ghettos in America. Mario Luis Small dismantles the
theory that poor urban neighborhoods are inevitably deprived of
social capital. He shows that the conditions specified in this
theory are vaguely defined and variable among poor communities.
According to Small, structural conditions such as unemployment or a
failed system of familial relations "must" be acknowledged as
affecting the urban poor, but individual motivations and the
importance of timing must be considered as well.
Brimming with fresh theoretical insights, "Villa Victoria" is an
elegant work of sociology that will be essential to students of
urban poverty.
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