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Social exclusion|Poverty|Social networks|Social capital|Neighborhood effects|Social welfare policy|Informal economy

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Author:   Floris Noordhoff
Publisher:   Vossiuspers UvA
Imprint:   Vossiuspers UvA
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9789056295073

ISBN 10:   9056295071
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   04 January 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents[-] - 6[-]List of Tables[-] - 10[-]Preface[-] - 11[-]1. Poverty and social exclusion in the Netherlands[-] - 12[-]2. Methodology and description of research group[-] - 35[-]3. Conversion strategies to conquer labor market positions[-] - 56[-]4. Close Encounters of the Bureaucratic Kind[-] - 76[-]5. Sympathizing, fear and loathing in the neighborhood[-] - 105[-]6. Bonds in everyday li[-]fe: The weakness of weak ties - 134[-]7. The informal economy: morality, social capital and markets - 156[-]8. Persistent poverty in the Netherlands: summary and conlusion[-] - 181[-]9. Epilogue: poverty in contemporary context[-] - 191[-]Appendice[-] - 202[-]References[-] - 208[-]Summary in Dutch[-] - 227[-]Index[-] - 234

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Floris Noordhoff studied sociology and was a PhD-student at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research based at the University of Amsterdam.

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