Pathways to adulthood for disconnected young men in low-income communities / / Kevin Roy, Nikki Jones, editors ; editors-in chief Lene Arnett Jensen, Reed W. Larson ; founding editor William Damon

• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (105 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.242091724
• Soggetto topico: Young adults - Developing countries - Economic conditions; Young adults - Developing countries - Social conditions; School-to-work transition - Developing countries
• Persona (resp. second.): RoyKevin; JonesNikki; JensenLene Arnett; LarsonReed W.; DamonWilliam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pathways to Adulthood for Disconnected Young Men in Low-Income Communities; CONTENTS; 1 Theorizing Alternative Pathways Through Adulthood: Unequal Social Arrangements in the Lives of Young Disadvantaged Men; Inequality and the Model of Emerging Adulthood; Unequal Social Arrangements Through Mass Incarceration; Unequal Social Arrangements in Post-familial Families; Unequal Social Arrangements as Process of Disconnection; A Call for Theorizing Transitions Among Diverse Groups of Young Men; References; 2 Taking Boys Out of the Hood: Exile as a Parenting Strategy for African American Male Youth ; Neighborhood Context, Violence, and Young Black Men Parenting Strategies in High-Risk Neighborhoods; Qualitative Research on Parenting Strategies; The Current Study: Sample and Data; Temporary Exile and Permanent Exile; Institutional Exile: Relying on the Juvenile Justice System; Taking Boys Out of the Hood: An Effective Parenting Strategy in Inner-City Neighborhoods?; Future Research; References; Notes; 3 "The Regular Routine": Proactive Policing and Adolescent Development Among Young, Poor Black Men; Setting and Method; Living Under the Gaze of Law Enforcement ; Routine Interactions Between Police and Young Men"Going in My Pockets": The Intimate Dance of the Stop-and-Search; Behaving Like a Professional Suspect; Catch and Release; Police Interactions, Adolescent Development, and Secondary Trauma; "Paperwork" and the Policing of Peer and Family Networks; Proactive Policing and Positive Adolescent Development; Discussion; References; Notes; 4 Growing Up as "Man of the House": Adultification and Transition Into Adulthood for Young Men in Economically Disadvantaged Families; Methods; Participants; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Findings ; Early Family Transitions Initiate Young Men Into Adult Responsibilities Contradictory Expectations Place Risks on Men of the House; Difficult Transition Into Adulthood Is a Consequence of Adultification; Discussion; References; 5 Fathers' Accounts of Struggle and Growth in Early Adulthood: An Exploratory Study of Disadvantaged Men; Parenting and Men's Development and Identity in Young Adulthood; Methods; Sample; Focus Groups; Analyses; How Fatherhood Brings Struggle and Growth in Early Adulthood; Contradictions of the Good Provider and Involved Father ; Turning Points in Identity and Life's Meanings Shifting Investments in Social Relationships; Discussion and Conclusion; References; INDEX; Other Titles; Order Form; Advert
• Sommario/riassunto: As the chapters in this volume demonstrate, young, disadvantaged men from urban neighborhoods face a unique set of challenges and constraints as they transition to adulthood. Yet, these challenges are not always contained by place. Research among Latino and White disadvantaged men in nonurban settings highlights the pressures that come along with fatherhood for disadvantaged men. In contrast to popular understandings of absent or disengaged fathers, findings reveal how fatherhood and increasing levels of interdependence during early adulthood can buffer men as they make the difficult
• Titolo autorizzato: Pathways to adulthood for disconnected young men in low-income communities
• ISBN: 1-118-89403-0; 1-118-89401-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813191903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New directions for child and adolescent development ; ; Number 143, Spring 2014.