Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed : Public Policy, Aid, and Education (Hardcover)

Introduction; G.Sonnert & G.Holton PART I: SETTING THE STAGE: THE HISTORIAL FRAMEWORK Questions of Success: Lessons from the Last Great Immigration; N.Foner Conceptual Frameworks for Obstacles to Immigrant Advancement: Perceiving Immigrants in the Context of Societal Change; R.Ueda PART II: LOOKING INTO THE PAST: SOME LESSONS FROM THE 'SECOND WAVE' Successful Young Refugees form Central Europe - Potential Lessons for Today; G.Sonnert & G.Holton The Second Wave and the American Jewish Community; N.Glazer Helping Young Immigrants/Refugees Become Entrepreneurs; C.Claus Abt PART III: RECENT AND CURRENT WAVES OF YOUNG IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES After the Cold War: Comparing Soviet Jewish and Vietnamese Youth in the 1980s to Today's Young Refugees; S.J.Gold Second Generation Advantages: An Optimistic Story; M.Waters The Changing Role of Race and Ethnicity in the Incorporation of Refugees, Immigrants and their Children; P.Kasinitz Young, Gifted and West African: Transnational Migrants Growing Up in America; M.Halter & V.M.Showers Johnson Mexican Immigrant Legalization and Naturalization and Children's Economic Well-Being; F.D.Bean, S.K.Brown, M.A.Leach & J.Bachmeier PART IV: EDUCATING IMMIGRANTS Schooling Pathways of Newcomer Immigrant Youth; C.Suarez-Orozco & F.X.Gaytan The Importance of Raising Mexican-American High School Graduation Rates; J.Perlmann Increasing Concrete Knowledge and Community Capacity: How CUNY and other Institutions Can Help Re-Shape Mexican Educational Futures in New York; R.Smith PART V: INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING AID TO YOUNG IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES Tapping the Potential of Refugee Youth; R.J.Carey & J.S.Kim [International Rescue Committee (IRC)] Reasons for Living and Hoping: Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope; J.Duncan [United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS)] Protection of Refugee and Migrant Children: The Role of Nonprofits; A.Wilson [Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)] A Framework for the Care of Unaccompanied Children; K.Tota [Office of Refugee Resettlement, U. S. Department of Health& Human Services] PART VI: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Home Country Farewell: The Withering of Immigrants' 'Transnational' Ties; R.Waldinger Is There a Looming Period of Liminality for Race and Ethnicity in the US?; R.Alba & H.shien Tsao