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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828418303321

Autore

Holton G

Titolo

Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed [[electronic resource] ] : Public Policy, Aid, and Education / / by G. Holton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-99272-4

9786612992728

0-230-11296-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SonnertGerhard <1957->

HoltonGerald James

Disciplina

362.87/5610973

Soggetti

Childhood

Adolescence

International education 

Comparative education

Educational sociology

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Nature conservation

Educational policy

Education and state

Childhood, Adolescence and Society

International and Comparative Education

Sociology of Education

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Nature Conservation

Educational Policy and Politics

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-302) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Setting the stage : the historical framework -- pt. 2. Looking into



the past : some lessons from the "second wave" -- pt. 3. Recent and current waves of young immigrants and refugees -- pt. 4. Educating immigrants -- pt. 5. Institutions providing aid to young immigrants and refugees -- pt. 6. Looking into the future.

Sommario/riassunto

In a unique effort, this book brings together, for the first time, scholarly analyses by eminent researchers of the historical, social, legal, and cultural influences on the young newcomers' lives as well as reports by practitioners in major aid organizations about the concrete work that their organizations have been carrying out.