Community-Based Organizations : The Intersection of Social Capital and Local Context in Contemporary Urban Society

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Social Capital and Community Development 1(18) Robert Mark Silverman Part One: Social Capital as a Tool for Empowering the Poor Social Capital for What? 19(16) Ivan Light The Failure of Funding Social Capital: An Evaluation of Microfinance Funding in the United States, 1996--1999 35(18) Gina Neff Part Two: Structural Barriers and the Context of Building Social Capital The Mystery of the Missing Social Capital and the Ghost of Social Structure: Why Community Development Can't Win 53(14) Randy Stoecker Paradise Lost: Social Capital and the Emergence of a Homeowners Association in a Suburban Detroit Neighborhood 67(18) Robert Mark Silverman Kelly L. Patterson Community Development Corporations and Social Capital: Lessons from the South Bronx 85(40) Brian Sahd Part Three: The Effects of Race, Gender, and Religion Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in the Deep South: The Interaction of Social Capital, Community Context, and Organizational Networks 125(22) Robert Mark Silverman Social Capital and African American Church Leadership 147(24) Sherri Leronda Wallace Mobilizing Social Capital through Community Struggle 171(16) Judith N. DeSena Conclusion: A Progressive Model 187(8) Robert Mark Silverman Selected Bibliography 195(8) Notes on Contributors 203(4) Index 207