Book description
Social capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks. But why do some people have better networks than others? Unanticipated Gains argues that the practice and structure of the churches, colleges, firms, gyms, childcare…
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1 author picked Unanticipated Gains as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book because Mario Small found something remarkable in a place most of us walk past without a second thought: the neighborhood daycare.
He shows how even a single parent dropping off a child each morning walks away with more than free time; they gain information, access to resources, and the beginnings of a relationship with another parent standing in the same doorway.
As someone who studies how communities build resilience, I found this quietly radical. Small proves that some of our most powerful social infrastructure is not a park or a library at all, but an overlooked,…
From Daniel's list on Daniel P. Aldrich's favorite books on the everyday places that hold communities together.
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