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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463260703321

Autore

Callahan Rebecca M.

Titolo

Coming of political age : American schools and the civic development of immigrant youth / / Rebecca M. Callahan and Chandra Muller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61044-794-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

371.826/9120973

Soggetti

Children of immigrants - Education - United States

Children of immigrants - Political activity - United States

Community development - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures and Tables; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: High Schools and the Future of Our Democracy; 1. Immigration, U.S. Schools, and the Changing Youth Vote with Molly Dondero ; 2. Adolescents' Families, Schools, and Communities: Shaping Political Engagement in Young Adulthood; 3. Children of Immigrants and Their Schools; 4. Academic Opportunity and Stratification Among Children of Immigrants and Children of Native-Born Parents; 5. Social Science Preparation and the Adolescent Children of Immigrants

6. Schools and the Political Participation of Children of Immigrants7. Conclusions and Implications: Adolescent Children of Immigrants and Their Schools; Appendix: Data and Methods; Notes; References; Index