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Table of Contents:

• Theorising youth transitions : the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender and social class
• Resistance, resilience and empowering habitus : connecting identities, ambitions and "success"
• The role of family and kinship in achieving "success"
• Peers and friendship networks in "success" making
• Collective resistance : community networks and social capital in success making
• Youth, "race"/ethnicity and social mobility in contemporary society
• Understanding black youth, success and transitions in society today.

Author/Creator:

Wright, Cecile

Contributors:

Standen, Penny

Patel, Tina G.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Black youth matters: transitions from school to success [by Wright, C.]

Related Series:

Critical youth studies

Subjects:

Discrimination in education — Great Britain

Youth, Black — Education — Great Britain

Youth, Black — Great Britain — Social conditions

Success — Great Britain

Discrimination in education

Youth, Black

Education

Youth, Black — Social conditions

Success

Great Britain

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xi, 163 pages ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

LC212.3.G7 W74 2010

ISBNs:

9780415995108 (alk. paper)
0415995108 (alk. paper)
9780415995122 (pbk., alk. paper)
0415995124 (pbk., alk. paper)
9780203863053 (ebk, alk. paper)
0203863054 (ebk, alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009025385

OCLC Numbers:

277196115