Neighborhood Social Networks Research Articles

Decentralized Industrialization and Rural Development: Evidence from Taiwan

After 3 decades of growth, widespread poverty persists in underdeveloped countries. One of the major characteristics of the poor is that a disproportionate number of them are located in rural areas. Since a large number of the rural poor have limited or no access to productive agricultural land, raising agricultural productivity alone may be insufficient to reduce rural poverty. Consequently, attention has now turned to rural nonfarm activities as a possible source of rural employment and income. This paper uses evidence from Taiwan to show that the level of rural nonfarm ac-

Nocturnal neurosis of the elderly: failure of agencies to cope with the problem.

About half of the elderly seen in medical consultations in several midtown Manhattan facilities have "nocturnal neurosis." This syndrome is characterized by a mixed neurosis with a pronounced nocturnal increase in the severity of symptoms, occurring in recently isolated persons. Apparently, failure of the neighborhood social network to function during the evening hours largely accounts for the problem. Few Centers provide nighttime activities. A proliferation of evening programs might significantly reduce the prevalence of nocturnal neurosis in the elderly.

Chain Migration Ethnic Neighborhood Formation and Social Networks

Migration is patently more complex than that merely mechanical reshuffling of heads which is assumed by crude economic push-pull models. Numerous contemporary studies in Africa, Asia and Latin America pay attention to the sociological factors involved in induction of manpower into growing economies. This paper draws attention to the possibilities of illuminating current problems by historical studies. The vast documentary material on the sociology of and labor force reorganization in the past in Europe and North America is largely neglected by current studies. From the standpoint of organization, may occur in several ways. Among these are two contrasting extremes: chain migration and organized migration.l Chain can be defined as that movement in which prospective migrants learn of opportunities, are provided with transportation, and have initial accommodation and employment arranged by means of primary social relationships with previous migrants. Chain is thus distinct from impersonally organized