Social Networks and Urban Neighborhoods in New York City

Bibliographic Data

ID2473808
AuthorsCharles Kadushin, Delmos J Jones
Year1992
Volume6
Issue1
Pages58-75
Publication date1992-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCity & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0893-0465 • E-ISSN: 1548-744X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/city.1992.6.1.58
OpenAlexW2052644167
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited6

THIS ARTICLE INVESTIGATES the relationship between social networks and neighborhoods in New York City. It examines the consequences of connected or dispersed social-network support for people of different incomes and races in New York, in terms of their views of their neighborhoods as desirable places to live. Using data from 7 937 New Yorkers studied by the City University of New York-New York City Survey of 1988, it shows that: contrary to what some literature on social support might suggest, social networks that are neighborhoodoriented and localized networks benefit rich New Yorkers more than poor ones; wealthier and white New Yorkers like their neighborhoods better, regardless of the nature of their social networks; and native blacks, regardless of other factors, like their neighborhoods less. In a limited way, localized networks lead to an increased regard for one's neighborhood, but they cannot erase the negative effects of adverse social and economic conditions in many New York neighborhoods, [social networks, neighborhoods, social and economic conditions, social support

Homelessness and Social Issues · Social Capital and Networks · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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