1st Edition
Paradoxes of Social Capital A Multi-Generational Study of Moroccans in London
By Myriam Cherti
Copyright 2008
336 Pages
by
Routledge
Paradoxes of Social Capital critically examines the robustness of social capital theory as an analytical tool in explaining the various 'integration' patterns amongst Moroccans in London. The book also considers how structural factors impact on the ways in which Moroccans, across generations, sustain, access and use social capital at the levels of family, ethnic community, migrant associations... Read more
1. Introduction, 2. Theoretical overview, 3. Methodology, 4. Moroccan migration to Britain/London: a historical overview, 5. Social capital across two generations, 6. A meso-level analysis of social capital: Moroccan organisations in action, 7. Education, social capital and 'integration ', 8. 'Integration': Which identifies? Whose social norms? 9. Conclusions, Notes, Appendices, Bibliography.
Biography
Myriam Cherti is a visiting Research Fellow at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex.
