Social Networks and Social Exclusion : Sociological and Policy Perspectives (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction, Chris Phillipson, Graham Allan and David Morgan; Social networks and social exclusion: an overview of the debate, Graham Crow; Measuring social networks and assessing their benefits, James Lubben and Melanie Gironda; Social networks and social support in later life, Chris Phillipson; Networks and neighbourhoods: children's accounts of friendship, family and place, Virginia Morrow; Capturing personal communities, Ray Pahl and Liz Spencer; Cultural capital, social networks and social contexts: cultural orientations toward spare time practices in a new town, Dale Southerton; Diversity in partnership histories: implications for older adults' social integration, Pearl A. Dykstra; Social networks as mediators between the harsh circumstances of people's lives, and their lived experience of health and well-being, Vicky Cattell; Older people in urban neighbourhoods: addressing the risk of social exclusion in later life, Thomas Scharf and Allison E. Smith; Can government influence our friendships? The range and limits of tools for trying to shape solidarities, Perri 6; Community issues and social networks, Marilyn Taylor; Public policy and social networks: just how 'Socially Aware' is the policy-making process?,Vicki Nash; Bibliography; Index.