Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South Poverty, Segregation and Social Networks in São Paulo Cities and Society Series

Contending that everyday sociability and social networks are central elements to an understanding of urban poverty, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South draws on detailed research conducted in São Paulo in an examination of the social networks of individuals who identify as poor. The book uses a multi-methods approach not only to test the importance of networks, but also to disentangle the effects of networks and segregation and to specify the relational and spatial mechanisms associated with the production of poverty. It thus explores the different types of network that exist amongst the metropolitan poor, the conditions that shape and influence them, their consequences for the production of poverty and the mechanisms through which networks influence daily living conditions. A rigorous examination of poverty in a contemporary megacity, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South will appeal to sociologists, political scientists and geographers with interests in urban studies, poverty and segregation and social networks.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Constructing Conceptual Bridges between Poverty, Segregation and Networks; Chapter 2 The Spaces and Poverties of São Paulo; Chapter 3 What are the Networks of Metropolitan Poor Really Like?; Chapter 4 How do the Networks Vary?; Chapter 5 Do the Networks Matter for the Access to Markets?; Chapter 6 Do Social Networks Matter in Gaining Access to Goods and Services Obtained from Outside Markets?; Chapter 7 How do the Networks Matter; Chapter 101 Conclusion;

Eduardo Cesar Leão Marques is Livre-docente Professor in the Department of Political Science and a researcher at the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the University of São Paulo, Brazil