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The Children of Immigrants at School : A Comparative Look at Integration in the United States and Western Europe /

· "This tightly focused volume ... proves an indispensable guide ... Full of valuable and stimulating insights."--Nancy Foner, author of In a New Land "A remarkable collection of studies."--Douglas Massey, author of Brokered Boundaries.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Holdaway, Jennifer, Alba, Richard D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Richard Alba, Jennifer Holdaway and Josh DeWind
  • The integration imperative : introduction / Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway
  • Educating the children of immigrants in old and new Amsterdam / Maurice Crul, Jennifer Holdaway, Helga de Valk, Norma Fuentes, and Mayida Zaal
  • Different systems, similar results : youth of immigrant origin at school in California and Catalonia / Margaret Gibson, Silvia Carrasco, Jordie Pamies, Maribel Ponferrada, and Anne Ros
  • Second generation attainment and inequality : primary and secondary effects on educational outcomes in Britain and the U.S. / Mary C. Waters, Anthony Heath, Van C. Tran, and Vikki Boliver
  • How similar educational inequalities are constructed in two different systems, France and the U.S. : why they lead to disparate labor-market outcomes / Richard Alba, Roxane Silberman, Dalia Abdel-Hady, Yal Brinbaum, and Amy Lutz
  • Promising practices : preparing children of immigrants in New York and Sweden / Carola Suarez-Orozco, Margary Martin, Mikael Alexandersson, L. Janelle Dance, and Johannes Lunneblad
  • The children of immigrants at school : conclusions and recommendations / Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index.