immigrant capital, xviii, xxii–xxiv, xxix, 218–219, 253

immigrants’ milieu, vii–viii, xviii–xix, xxii–xxv, xxvii–xxix, 14–16, 19–20, 22–30, 33–38, 40–41, 44, 46–47, 49, 52, 97, 99–103, 127, 145, 149–150, 156, 158, 175, 178, 201, 203, 205, 216–218, 224, 228, 253

immigrant neighborhood, xvii, xx, xxii–xxiv, xxvi, 3–4, 9, 15–23, 25, 29, 36, 38–41, 45–46, 49, 56, 68, 95, 97, 103, 119, 182, 190, 203–204, 206, 213, 216, 218–219, 225, 228, 231, 249–250, 253

gateway community, xi, 56–57, 63, 65, 97, 119

Immigration Commission, 28

Shulman, Harry Manuel, 26, 28

vibrancy, 12, 34, 50, 86, 126, 216, 234

Ward, David, 28

immigrant niche economy, 4, 100, 102, 200–202, 209, 224

enclave, 21–22, 36–38, 48–49, 56, 231, 253

hometown associations, 4, 200, 202–205

remittances, 4, 12, 22, 39, 50, 86, 102, 200, 201–203, 206–209, 232, 234, 242, 255, 257, 261

immigrants’ origins, xii, 87

immigration, xiv, xxvii, 2, 4, 25, 28, 36, 86, 158, 172, 175, 185–186, 196, 206, 209, 254

Immigration Commission, 28

incomes, xi, xvii, xx–xxii, xxiv, xxvi, xxix, 5, 8–9, 15–18, 23, 29–31, 38

independent variables, 54, 231–232, 240

informal activities, xxvi–xxvii, 100–104, 112, 119, 125–127, 132, 135, 142–143, 146, 148–151, 221, 253

informality, viii, 100–103, 129, 137, 142–143, 145, 149–150, 202, 221, 253, 259

criminal informality, 101, 103

injunctions, 159–162, 223

interpretive view, vii, xxiv, 9

interviews, xxiii, xxv–xxvi, 10, 44, 53–54, 61, 143, 203, 234–236, 238

coding, 237

design, 54, 230, 234, 238

guides, 54, 234, 235, 240

procedures, 54, 234

semi-structured, xxiii, xxv, 44, 53, 234

stakeholders, 53, 189, 234

transcription, 44

institutional responsibility, 150

Institute for Urban Research and Development (IURD), 78, 129, 231

institutional capacity, 19, 228

Patsy Healey, 255

institutional embeddedness, 18, 52, 219

institutional thickness, 19

interaction pattern, 253

Inter-American Development Bank, 209, 258

Jacobs, Allan B., 12

Japan, 9, 11

Jankowski, Sanchez, 156–158

Jewish population, 21, 56