Papers by Susan Greenbaum
Duke University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020
Anthropology News, Sep 1, 2000
Journal of Urban Affairs, Aug 1, 2014
Anthropology News, Nov 1, 2003
Anthropology News, Mar 1, 1986
Anthropology News, Apr 1, 2000
Contemporary Sociology, May 1, 1986
Western Historical Quarterly, Aug 1, 1992
Social Networks, Dec 1, 1982
This paper examines the relevance of the "strength of weak ties" model (Granovetter 1973) in devi... more This paper examines the relevance of the "strength of weak ties" model (Granovetter 1973) in devising community development strategies for urban neighborhoods. The policy implications of this model for actiwties designed to promote neighborhood identlficatlon and cohesion are outhned. and Granovetter's specific assumptions about the structure and functioning of urban nelghborhood social networks are assessed in light of existing research. Little support is found for the presumed absence of bridging weak txs among urban neighbors. or for the assumption that strong ties create an obstacle to effective political mobilization in workmg-class neighborhoods. An alternative model of local-level integration is suggested, which retains Granovetter's concept of dense clusters of network ties linked by "local bridges", but reexamines the role of weak ties m effecting such bridges.
The American Historical Review, Oct 1, 2007
Human Organization, Dec 1, 1992
The origin of this paper can be found in countless telephone conversations where the paper's thes... more The origin of this paper can be found in countless telephone conversations where the paper's thesis was discussed and repeatedly modified. In the summer of 1990, the first of what would eventually prove to be numerous drafts was mutually hammered out in Los Angeles. In this and many other ways the paper is a co-authored work. The authors would like to thank the following people who made recommendations
City & Community, Jun 1, 2006
... monitoring the behavior of tenants denies eligibility to a very large number of low-income ho... more ... monitoring the behavior of tenants denies eligibility to a very large number of low-income households, or ... A poverty alleviation policy that excludes the majority cannot be judged a success ... not know their neighbors, where voucher rules forbid family or friends from living with them ...
Human Organization, Dec 1, 1985
She also serves as research advisor to the Mowa Band of Choctaws, an unrecognized Indian tribe in... more She also serves as research advisor to the Mowa Band of Choctaws, an unrecognized Indian tribe in Alabama. Recently adopted federal regulations outline a procedure whereby nonfederally recognized Indian tribes can "petition" the Bureau of Indian Affairs for formal acknowledgement. Such a change in status offers significant enhancement of services available to members of previously unrecognized tribes, as well as formal legitimacy of their status. It is estimated that more than 100 Indian tribes in the United States do not have federal recognition. Submittinga petition involves compiling ethnohistorical and ethnographic data which demonstrate the origins and contemporary sociopolitical structure of the group. The process, which has been in effect since 1978, has proved to be very burdensome to petitioning groups due to the large amount of research required to provide the necessary data. It is suggested that more involvement by anthropologists in recognition research would help to alleviate the petitioners' problems and would offer unique opportunities for applied anthropologists.
Rethinking Marxism, 2008
The concept of “social capital” has grown in popularity among those who write about poverty and i... more The concept of “social capital” has grown in popularity among those who write about poverty and its alleviation. This paper examines and criticizes recent policy initiatives that seek to cure poverty by scattering the poor, with the rationale that they are harming themselves and each other by forming communal ties in public housing. Neoliberal constructs of social capital, in which social ties are viewed as a fungible commodity possessed and manipulated by individual actors, are contrasted with neo-Marxist views of social capital that reflect pessimistic, reproductionist ideas that are not too dissimilar. Ethnographic examples of the social capital of public housing residents illustrate a competing usage that emphasizes the potential for agency and change.
Rutgers University Press eBooks, Aug 22, 2019
City and society, Jun 1, 1990
YBOR CITY IS the historic Latin Quarter in Tampa, Florida. First established in 1886, this neighb... more YBOR CITY IS the historic Latin Quarter in Tampa, Florida. First established in 1886, this neighborhood was the site of Tampa's cigar factories and was populated by Cuban, Spanish, and Italian immigrants. After World War II, white flight and physical decay brought racial changes, and in the 1960s urban renewal demolished much of the residential section. In the 1970s, however, planners and developers launched an effort to revitalize Ybor City. In this article I examine Hie racial and ethnic politics surrounding Ybor City revitalization, focusing on historical patterns of interethnic relations and contemporary efforts to promote the cultural heritage of the neighborhood, [historic preservation, ethnicity, race, neighborhood, revitalization]
Social Networks, Mar 1, 1985
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