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SOCIAL CAPITAL NETWORKS OF INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS AND THE
EMPOWERMENT OF LOW-STATUS YOUTH IN A FEDERALLY FUNDED
INTERVENTION PROGRAM
by
Kelly Suzanne Whitten
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Kelly Suzanne Whitten
Object Description
| Title | Social capital networks of institutional agents and the empowerment of low-status youth in a federally funded intervention program |
| Author | Whitten, Kelly Suzanne |
| Author email | kwhitten@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-09-04 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-10-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hirabayashi, Kimberly |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Baca, Reynaldo Jun, Alexander |
| Abstract | This research study will contribute knowledge on the underlying causal mechanisms that support and achievement of low-status minority youth in La Causa; the East Los Angeles site of the federally funded youth intervention program Youthbuild. The study will describe how institutional agents mobilize forms of social capital (i.e., access to resources and institutional support) for low-status, minority youth, and how these institutional agents help youth access social capital resources to foster empowerment and resilience. In this mixed-methods study, participants were asked to identify the social resources they access on behalf of program participants through the use of name, resource, and position generators. Participants were also asked to identify group affiliations. An ethnographic interview was conducted, and the results were summarized. Major themes discussed include social networks with a lack of high-status, multiplex relationships, and resistance to help seeking behaviors through issues of pride, avoidance, and personal convictions. The effects of organizational structure on staff effectiveness, and how personal beliefs about politics and the growth of the organization effect the dynamics of the group are also discussed, as are issues of resilience, empowerment and social capital in the context of the intervention program. Implications for K-12 institutions, the community, and other grass-roots intervention programs are discussed, and limitations and possibilities for further research are identified. |
| Keyword | social capital; empowerment; resilience; low status youth |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m851 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Whitten, Kelly Suzanne |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Whitten-20071008 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Whitten-20071008.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | SOCIAL CAPITAL NETWORKS OF INSTITUTIONAL AGENTS AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF LOW-STATUS YOUTH IN A FEDERALLY FUNDED INTERVENTION PROGRAM by Kelly Suzanne Whitten ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2007 Copyright 2007 Kelly Suzanne Whitten |
