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Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed : Public Policy, Aid, and Education / by G. Holton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology.
- Social groups.
- International education.
- Comparative education.
- Educational sociology.
- Astronomy.
- Conservation biology.
- Ecology.
- Education and state.
- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Sociology of Education.
- Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
- Conservation Biology.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Local Subjects:
- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Sociology of Education.
- Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
- Conservation Biology.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a unique effort, this book brings together, for the first time, scholarly analyses by eminent researchers of the historical, social, legal, and cultural influences on the young newcomers' lives as well as reports by practitioners in major aid organizations about the concrete work that their organizations have been carrying out.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Setting the stage : the historical framework
- pt. 2. Looking into the past : some lessons from the "second wave"
- pt. 3. Recent and current waves of young immigrants and refugees
- pt. 4. Educating immigrants
- pt. 5. Institutions providing aid to young immigrants and refugees
- pt. 6. Looking into the future.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612992728
- 9781282992726
- 1282992724
- 9780230112964
- 023011296X
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