Comparing Communities: The Cultural Characteristics of Ethnic Social Capital

Autor/inn/en	Pearrow, Melissa; Sander, Janay; Jones, Janine
Titel	Comparing Communities: The Cultural Characteristics of Ethnic Social Capital
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 51 (2019) 6, S.739-755 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124517747680
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Social Capital; Crime; Neighborhoods; Adolescents; Young Adults; Social Networks; Resilience (Psychology); Minority Groups; Correlation; Whites; Community Involvement; Urban Areas; Trust (Psychology); Safety; Community Characteristics; Ethnic Groups; Kansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialkapital; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Ethnische Minderheit; Korrelation; White; Weißer; Urban area; Stadtregion; Sicherheit; Ethnie
Abstract	Social capital includes access to resources based on social networks, similar to how economic capital is access to fiscal resources. We explore ethnic social capital as a variant of social capital that includes the social resources that are available to a person as a result of being a member of an ethnic and cultural network. This study identifies the way that ethnic social capital is important for understanding the resilience of ethnic minority youth in the context of inequality including living in impoverished and high-crime neighborhoods. This study examines social capital in 239 males and females aged 14 to 22 years from a racially and ethnically diverse urban community with neighborhoods impacted by high levels of crime in the northeast United States. Compared with results from a racially homogeneous (non-Hispanic White) population living in an urban area of the Midwest, the diverse sample demonstrated different aspects of social capital that are highly correlated with the cultural value of collectivism. Specifically, the diverse sample showed significantly higher participation in their community and reaching out to support others. The sample in the Midwest, demonstrated greater feelings of safety in the community, greater satisfaction with their position in life, and greater ability to ask others for help. Both samples showed an equal level of tolerance for diversity. Results are discussed in terms of examining the cultural manifestations of ethnic social capital and resilience with ethnic minority populations. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01