Roma minority youth across cultural contexts : taking a positive approach to research, policy, and practice / edited by Radosveta Dimitrova, David L. Sam, and Laura Ferrer-Wreder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dimitrova, Radosveta, 1977- editor.

Sam, David L., editor.

Ferrer-Wreder, Laura, editor.

Series:

Child development in cultural context.

Child development in cultural context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth, Romani--Europe--Social conditions.

Youth, Romani.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This text is about positive youth development (PYD) in Roma ethnic minority youth. Its main distinguishing features are (1) the focus on a large and underrepresented ethnic minority group and (2) a strength-based conception of adolescence (i.e., PYD) that sees all youth as having resources. The book stands apart from current edited books on PYD by focusing on the Roma ethnic minority (one of the most marginalized and oppressed minority groups in Europe) and on strengths and resources for optimal well-being. The international, multidisciplinary, and multisectorial expert contributors to this book address the complexities of Roma life in a variety of cultural settings and explore how key developmental processes and person-context interactions can contribute to optimal and successful adaptation.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword: A Vision for Promoting Positive Development Among Roma Youth

Contributors

Introduction

PART A THE CURRENT SITUATION OF ROMA

1. The Roma Context

2. How Positive Youth Development Can Support Low-.Income Roma Youth Living in the United States

3. Engaging Vulnerable Romani Youth in Provision of Early Childhood Services

PART B THEORIES ON ROMA ADAPTATION AND WELL-BEING

4. Actualizing Change with Roma Youth and Their Communities: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations

5. Roma Youth: Positive Development Despite Challenges

PART C EMPIRICAL FINDINGS ON POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING OF ROMA

6. Positive Youth Development: An Empirical Study of Roma Youth

7. Reframing the Narrative: Revealing Positive Youth Development in the Self-.Descriptions of Roma Adolescents

8. Associations Between Social Connectedness and Academic Achievement Among Roma Youth in Eastern Europe

9. Youth Development, Education, and Identity: A Case Study of Attitudes Toward Roma Youth in Hungary

10. How a Positive Youth Development Framework Can Improve Lives of Excluded People: The Case of Low-.Income Roma Youth in Se

11. Out of the Margins: Reflections on Roma and Youth Development

12. Roma Youth Development in Context: What Next?

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-065409-0

0-19-065408-2