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"Coming of Age in the Other America illuminates the profound effects of neighborhoods on impoverished families. The authors conducted in-depth interviews and fieldwork with 150 young adults, and found that those who had been able to move to better neighborhoods--either as part of the Moving to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: DeLuca, Stefanie (Author), Clampet-Lundquist, Susan (Author), Edin, Kathryn, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2016]
Subjects:
Urban youth > United States > Social conditions.
Poor youth > United States > Social conditions.
Youth development > United States.
Education, Urban > United States.
Inner cities > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
Jeunes en milieu urbain > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes pauvres > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Jeunesse > Développement > États-Unis.
Enseignement en milieu urbain > États-Unis.
Mobilité sociale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Education, Urban
Inner cities
Poor youth > Social conditions
Social mobility
Urban youth > Social conditions
Youth development
Familie
Unterprivilegierter
Jugend
Schwarze
Soziale Ungleichheit
Soziale Mobilität
Rassismus
United States
USA
Baltimore, Md.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: "Baltimore city, you're breaking my heart"
  • "Different privileges that different people inherit" : social reproduction and the transition to adulthood
  • "More people that have stuff to live for here" : neighborhood change and intergenerational attainment
  • "Following my passion" : how identity projects help youth beat the street and stay on track
  • "You never know what's happening : this is Baltimore" : the vulnerability of youth without an identity project
  • "It's kind of like crabs in a bucket" : how family and neighborhood disadvantage hinder the transition to adulthood
  • "In and out before you know it" : the educational and occupational traps of expedited adulthood
  • "If it can cause some kind of change" : policies to support identity projects and reduce educational and neighborhood inequality
  • Appendix A: Study history and methodology
  • Appendix B: MTOQ5 general description worksheet and MTOQ10 field note template.

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