Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth

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Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth

Migration, immigration and emigration Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Age groups: adolescents Sociology Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

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Collection: The Jacobs Foundation Series on Adolescence

Language: English

Published by: Cambridge University Press

Published on: 21st May 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 3 Mb

ISBN: 9781139508216


Introduction

The well-being and productivity of immigrant youth has become one of the most important global issues of our times as a result of mass migration and resettlement.

Overview of the Volume

In this unique volume, leading scholars from multiple nations and disciplines provide a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research on immigrant youth and delineate the most promising future directions for research on their success, suggesting implications for policy and interventions that will benefit host societies as well as immigrant youth.

Contributors

The contributors to Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth include many of the leading international experts on migration, acculturation, intergroup issues and immigrant youth development, with contributions from the fields of child development, demography, economics, education, immigrant mental health, social psychology and sociology.

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