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Combining theoretical approaches with practical applications,
Rethinking Social Capital delineates the meaning, uses, and
problems surrounding the concept of social capital. Carl Bankston,
a leading scholar in the field, offers a fresh take on the topic,
presenting an original way of understanding social capital as a
process. The book provides key definitions of social capital,
describing its functionality, the surrounding theoretical issues,
and its relationship with social structure. Examining capital in
its various forms, Bankston discusses the complications of defining
social relationships in a financial resource analogy as investments
in future outcomes, and proposes an alternative of an original
structural model that approaches social capital as a process.
Chapters then explore the major applications of social capital
theory: to families, communities and education; to formal
organizations and informal networks; to class, race, ethnicity and
inequality; and to the nation-state. This cutting-edge book is
invaluable in clarifying ambiguities surrounding the concept of
social capital to students and scholars of the social sciences. Its
practical applications will also prove useful to policy makers and
public policy institutes.
Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years,
immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of
social capital and the role of social networks to understand the
dynamics of immigrant experiences. How can they help to explain
what brings migrants from some countries to others, or why members
of different immigrant groups experience widely varying outcomes in
their community settings, occupational opportunities, and
educational outcomes? This timely book examines the major issues in
social capital research, showing how economic and social contexts
shape networks in the process of migration, and assesses the
strengths and weaknesses of this approach to the study of
international migration. By drawing on a broad range of examples
from major immigrant groups, the book takes network-based social
capital theory out of the realm of abstraction and reveals the
insights it offers. Written in a readily comprehensible,
jargon-free style, Immigrant Networks and Social Capital is
appropriate for undergraduate and graduate classes in international
migration, networks, and political and social theory in general. It
provides both a theoretical synthesis for professional social
scientists and a clear introduction to network approaches to social
capital for students, policy-makers, and anyone interested in
contemporary social trends and issues.
Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years,
immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of
social capital and the role of social networks to understand the
dynamics of immigrant experiences. How can they help to explain
what brings migrants from some countries to others, or why members
of different immigrant groups experience widely varying outcomes in
their community settings, occupational opportunities, and
educational outcomes? This timely book examines the major issues in
social capital research, showing how economic and social contexts
shape networks in the process of migration, and assesses the
strengths and weaknesses of this approach to the study of
international migration. By drawing on a broad range of examples
from major immigrant groups, the book takes network-based social
capital theory out of the realm of abstraction and reveals the
insights it offers. Written in a readily comprehensible,
jargon-free style, Immigrant Networks and Social Capital is
appropriate for undergraduate and graduate classes in international
migration, networks, and political and social theory in general. It
provides both a theoretical synthesis for professional social
scientists and a clear introduction to network approaches to social
capital for students, policy-makers, and anyone interested in
contemporary social trends and issues.
The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has
soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the
fastest growing segments of the student population. However,
classroom material often does not include their version of the
American experience. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was
created to address this void. This resource guide provides
interactive activities, assignments, and strategies for classrooms
or workshops. Those new to the field of Asian American studies will
appreciate the background information on issues that concern Asian
Pacific Americans, while experts in the field will find powerful,
innovative teaching activities that clearly convey established and
new ideas. The activities in this book have been used effectively
in classrooms, workshops for staff and practitioners in student
services programs, community-based organizations, teacher training
programs, social service agencies, and diversity training. Teaching
About Asian Pacific Americans serves as a critical resource for
anyone interested in race, ethnicity, and Asian Pacific American
communities.
The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has
soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the
fastest growing segments of the student population. However,
classroom material often does not include their version of the
American experience. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was
created to address this void. This resource guide provides
interactive activities, assignments, and strategies for classrooms
or workshops. Those new to the field of Asian American studies will
appreciate the background information on issues that concern Asian
Pacific Americans, while experts in the field will find powerful,
innovative teaching activities that clearly convey established and
new ideas. The activities in this book have been used effectively
in classrooms, workshops for staff and practitioners in student
services programs, community-based organizations, teacher training
programs, social service agencies, and diversity training. Teaching
About Asian Pacific Americans serves as a critical resource for
anyone interested in race, ethnicity, and Asian Pacific American
communities.
Disappointment Valley is a land of unsurpassed beauty, as belies
its name. Located on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in
Southwestern Colorado, it is also rugged and isolated. The name, no
doubt, discouraged many and contributed to the strong-willed and
self-sufficient character of the Valley's pioneers. The nearly
boundless grazing, from high mountian summer pasture to low pinon
and cedar (juniper) winter pasture, made it prime cattle ranching
country. The ranching pioneers incluced Southerners displaced by
the Civil War; Northerners seeking new frontiers; and immigrants
from England, Canada, Ireland and Denmark. While their backgrounds
were diverse, they shared a strong spirit of independence. They
often flaunted tradition and defied outside authority, gaining them
a reputation as "lawless." They weren't lawless, but they preferred
to settle their own affairs. They chose to forgo the acceptance and
ammenities of society for the sake of personal freedom. This is
their story. It has been compiled from legends, records and
photographs provided by descendents of the settlers, and by
research of existing public records. It chronicles events as they
were perceived by those who lived in the Disappointment Country
during the turbulent era of 1879 to 1929.
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Deleuze's concept of 'becoming' provides the key to his notoriously
complex metaphysics, yet it has not been systematized until now.
Bankston tracks the concept of becoming and its underlying temporal
processes across Deleuze's writings, arguing that expressions of
becoming(s) appear in two modes of temporality: an appropriation of
Nietzsche's eternal return (the becoming of the event), and
Bergsonian duration (the becoming of sensation). Overturning the
criticisms launched by Zizek and Badiou, with conceptual encounters
between Bergson, Nietzsche, Leibniz, Borges, Klossowski, and
Proust, the newly charted concept of double becoming provides a
roadmap to the totality of Deleuze's philosophy. Bankston
systematizes Deleuze's multi-mirrored universe where form and
content infinitely refract in a vital kaleidoscope of becoming.
Where does human resources fit into an agile world? Agile methods
are all about people; how to help them collaborate, stay more
engaged and focused, work smarter and happier, and adapt with ease.
In HR and the Agile Organization, explore how HR and People
Operations teams can harness agile methods themselves while
supporting agility throughout the organization. Create a truly
adaptive and value-focused organization, from hiring the right
people to shaping the culture through learning and development.
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