The Social Worlds Of Immigrant Origin Youth

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The Social Worlds of Immigrant-Origin Youth

Author : Ritika Rastogi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book The Social Worlds of Immigrant-Origin Youth written by Ritika Rastogi and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the population of immigrant-origin adolescents in the United States increases, it is critical to understand the social position these adolescents occupy in school, namely whether they are included and excluded among peers. A well-established body of literature documents that immigrant-origin youth self-report experiencing higher rates of victimization than their non- immigrant counterparts (i.e., of the third generation and beyond). Yet, it is not clear whether the broader peer collective is similarly exclusionary of the immigrant adolescents. Moreover, their positive relationships (i.e., social inclusion) remain unexamined insofar as identifying which peers are most socioemotionally supportive across the adolescent years. The current dissertation aimed to examine these questions across two studies, examining the positive and negative peer relations of immigrant-origin youth from multiple perspectives, over the three years of middle school. Study 1 examined several indicators of peer inclusion and social exclusion mainly from the perspective of peers. It was found that while immigrant-origin youth are just as socially included by peers as their non-immigrant counterparts, they are significantly more neglected iii (i.e., ignored) among the peer landscape. Immigrant-origin youth were no more likely to be perceived as a "victim" at school than non-immigrant youth. However, immigrant adolescents self-reported significantly more victimization than non-immigrants, highlighting a key discrepancy between peer and self-perceptions of social exclusion. Study 2 focused specifically on friendships from the immigrant youths' perspective to identify the demographic characteristics (i.e., racial/ethnic background, immigrant generational status) of their friends, as well as the quality and duration. The analyses aimed to test the hypothesis that friendships with other immigrant-origin peers would be highest in quality and duration, relative to friendships with non-immigrant peers. Analyses revealed a significant tendency among immigrant-origin youth to befriend other immigrant-origin peers. While immigrant-origin youths' friendships with immigrant-origin peers were similar in quality to their friendships with non-immigrants, the friendships with immigrant peers were significantly greater in duration regardless of friend race/ethnicity. The findings demonstrate the importance of befriending similar others who understand the immigrant experience. Together, the dissertation studies contribute to a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of the social position and social relationships of immigrant-origin youth during the early adolescent period. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.

Understanding the Social Worlds of Immigrant Youth

Author : Carola Suarez-Orozco
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 : 9780787972677
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Social Worlds of Immigrant Youth written by Carola Suarez-Orozco and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue seeks to deepen understanding of the major social influences that shape immigrant youths' paths in their transition to the United States, as well as of the complex interconnections among those influences. The authors delve into a number of social worlds that can contribute to the postivie development of immigrant youth. They also provide insight into sources of information about indentity pathway options available to those youth. The chapters offer new data regarding the developmental opportunities and challenges that family roles and responsibilities, school contexts, community organizations, religious involvement and beliefs, gendered expectations, and media influences present. Contributors provide a fresh perspective on the research, practice and policy implications of the social worlds of immigrant youth. This is the 100th issue of the Jossey-Bass journal New Directions for Youth Development.

Transitions

Author : Carola Suárez-Orozco
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814770711
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Transitions written by Carola Suárez-Orozco and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner Best Edited Book Award presented by the Society for Research on Adolescence Immigration to the United States has reached historic numbers— 25 percent of children under the age of 18 have an immigrant parent, and this number is projected to grow to one in three by 2050. These children have become a significant part of our national tapestry, and how they fare is deeply intertwined with the future of our nation. Immigrant children and the children of immigrants face unique developmental challenges. Navigating two distinct cultures at once, immigrant-origin children have no expert guides to lead them through the process. Instead, they find themselves acting as guides for their parents. How are immigrant children like all other children, and how are they unique? What challenges as well as what opportunities do their circumstances present for their development? What characteristics are they likely to share because they have immigrant parents, and what characteristics are unique to specific groups of origin? How are children of first-generation immigrants different from those of second-generation immigrants? Transitions offers comprehensive coverage of the field’s best scholarship on the development of immigrant children, providing an overview of what the field needs to know—or at least systematically begin to ask—about the immigrant child and adolescent from a developmental perspective. This book takes an interdisciplinary perspective to consider how personal, social, and structural factors interact to determine a variety of trajectories of development. The editors have curated contributions from experts across a carefully selected variety of topics covering ecologies, processes, and outcomes of development pertinent to immigrant origin children.

Children of Immigration

Author : Carola Suárez-Orozco
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044126
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Children of Immigration written by Carola Suárez-Orozco and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in the midst of the largest wave of immigration in history, America, mythical land of immigrants, is once again contemplating a future in which new arrivals will play a crucial role in reworking the fabric of the nation. At the center of this prospect are the children of immigrants, who make up one fifth of America's youth. This book, written by the codirectors of the largest ongoing longitudinal study of immigrant children and their families, offers a clear, broad, interdisciplinary view of who these children are and what their future might hold. For immigrant children, the authors write, it is the best of times and the worst. These children are more likely than any previous generation of immigrants to end up in Ivy League universities--or unschooled, on parole, or in prison. Most arrive as motivated students, respectful of authority and quick to learn English. Yet, at the same time, many face huge obstacles to success, such as poverty, prejudice, the trauma of immigration itself, and exposure to the materialistic, hedonistic world of their native-born peers. The authors vividly describe how forces within and outside the family shape these children's developing sense of identity and their ambivalent relationship with their adopted country. Their book demonstrates how "Americanization," long an immigrant ideal, has, in a nation so diverse and full of contradictions, become ever harder to define, let alone achieve.

The Impact of Immigration on Children's Development

Author : Cynthia T. García Coll
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 3805597983
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Immigration on Children's Development written by Cynthia T. García Coll and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the impact of immigration in a global context All over the world families migrate, and with them so do their children. Probing the question of what being an immigrant' means, this publication brings together theory and empirical findings to highlight the impact of immigration on child development in a global context. Discussed is the impact of these processes on children and adolescents in a variety of different countries and social contexts to determine both universal and culturally specific aspects of the experience of immigration as it becomes a pervasive reality of the modern world. This publication is appropriate for anyone who is interested in the process of migration/immigration and how it affects human development. Both students and scholars as well as real-world practitioners and policy makers in education, psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnic and cultural studies, immigration studies, government and public policy will find this book a valuable source of information about the present and the way in which the next generation develops in response to the immigrant experience.

Immigrant Children

Author : Susan S. Chuang
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739167065
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Immigrant Children written by Susan S. Chuang and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a 'new' North America, this group of children and youth is not a singular homogenous group but rather, a mosaic and diverse ethnic, racial, and cultural group. Thus, our current understanding of 'normative development' (covering social, psychological, cognitive, language, academic, and behavioral development), which has been generally based on middle-class Euro-American children, may not necessarily be 'optimal' development for all children. Researchers are widely recognizing that the theoretical frameworks and models of child development lack the sociocultural and ethnic sensitivities to the ways in which developmental processes operate in an ecological context. As researchers progress and develop promising forms of methodological innovation to further our understanding of immigrant children, little effort has been placed to collectively organize a group of scholarly work in a coherent manner. Some researchers who examine ethnic minority children tended to have ethnocentric notions of normative development. Thus, some ethnic minority groups are understood within a 'deficit model' with a limited scope of topics of interest. Moreover, few researchers have specifically investigated the acculturation process for children and the implications for cultural socialization of children by ethnic group. This book represents a group of leading scholars' cutting-edge research which will not only move our understanding forward but also to open up new possibilities for research, providing innovative methodologies in examining this complex and dynamic group. Immigrant Children: Change, Adaptation, and Cultural Transformation will also take the research lead in guiding our current knowledge of how development is influenced by a variety of sociocultural factors, placing future research in a better position to probe inherent principles of child development. In sum, this book will provide readers with a richer and more comprehensive approach of how researchers, social service providers, and social policymakers can examine children and immigration.

Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth

Author : Ann S. Masten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139510797
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth written by Ann S. Masten and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-21 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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. 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.

Learning a New Land

Author : Carola Suárez-Orozco
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044118
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Learning a New Land written by Carola Suárez-Orozco and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean, China, Central America, and Mexico for five years, this book provides a compelling account of the lives, dreams, academic journeys, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants.

Children of Immigrants

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309065453
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Children of Immigrants written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-12 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrant children and youth are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. Children of Immigrants represents some of the very best and most extensive research efforts to date on the circumstances, health, and development of children in immigrant families and the delivery of health and social services to these children and their families. This book presents new, detailed analyses of more than a dozen existing datasets that constitute a large share of the national system for monitoring the health and well-being of the U.S. population. Prior to these new analyses, few of these datasets had been used to assess the circumstances of children in immigrant families. The analyses enormously expand the available knowledge about the physical and mental health status and risk behaviors, educational experiences and outcomes, and socioeconomic and demographic circumstances of first- and second-generation immigrant children, compared with children with U.S.-born parents.

The Civic Lives of Immigrant-origin Youth

Author : Parissa Jahromi Ballard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book The Civic Lives of Immigrant-origin Youth written by Parissa Jahromi Ballard and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is concerned with civic development--the process by which young people come to see themselves as part of broader society--among immigrant-origin youth in the United States. The topic is investigated through a series of three related studies. In the first paper, I show how civic motivations and barriers are derived from experiences youth have in their developmental contexts of their schools and communities. Findings point to variation in levels of civic participation and types of motivations within context. These findings have important implications for practice; opportunities can be better structured to facilitate youth civic involvement when adults understand what motivates youth toward civic participation. Findings from the second paper suggested the power of discrimination on civic development. Groups of immigrant-origin youth who perceived the highest levels of discrimination reported the lower endorsement of civic attitudes compared to groups perceiving lower levels of discrimination. At the same time, the groups perceiving the most discrimination reported the highest levels of involvement in certain types of civic activities: change-oriented activities and expressive activities. The pattern of results held true after controlling for demographics such as parental education, gender, school, and ethnicity. This is a provocative finding suggesting that the experience of racial discrimination might be both alienating and also motivating for immigrant-origin youth. The third paper tackled both methodological and conceptual issues in immigrant youth research. Measurement invariance was established for six civic attitude measures indicating that the survey instrument functions similarly for youth from different immigrant status groups. In terms of mean differences on civic attitudes, first generation youth were the most optimistic about the hypothetical functioning of the US government and American ideals; however, non-immigrants felt the most personally attached to the USA. These group differences by generational status remained after accounting for ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Together, the three papers contribute to understanding the specific experiences important in civic development among immigrant-origin youth as well as point to areas where future work is needed.

Identity and the Second Generation

Author : Faith G. Nibbs
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 0826503748
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Identity and the Second Generation written by Faith G. Nibbs and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most recently, Americans have become familiar with the term "second generation" as it's applied to children of immigrants who now find themselves citizens of a nation built on the notion of assimilation. This common, worldwide experience is the topic of study in Identity and the Second Generation. These children test and explore the definition of citizenship and their cultural identity through the outlets provided by the Internet, social media, and local community support groups. All these factors complicate the ideas of boundaries and borders, of citizenship, and even of home. Indeed, the second generation is a global community and endeavors to make itself a home regardless of state or citizenship. This book explores the social worlds of the children of immigrants. Based on rich ethnographic research, the contributors illustrate how these young people, the so-called second generation, construct and negotiate their lives. Ultimately, the driving question is profoundly important on a universal level: How do these young people construct an identity and a sense of belonging for themselves, and how do they deal with processes of inclusion and exclusion?

Children in Changing Worlds

Author : Ross D. Parke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108265774
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Children in Changing Worlds written by Ross D. Parke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children live in rapidly changing times that require them to constantly adapt to new economic, social, and cultural conditions. In this book, a distinguished, interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the issues faced by children in contemporary societies, such as discrimination in school and neighborhoods, the emergence of new family forms, the availability of new communication technologies, and economic hardship, as well as the stresses associated with immigration, war, and famine. The book applies a historical, cultural, and life-course developmental framework for understanding the factors that affect how children adjust to these challenges, and offers a new perspective on how changing historical circumstances alter children's developmental outcomes. It is ideal for researchers and graduate students in developmental and educational psychology or the sociology and anthropology of childhood.

Coming of Political Age

Author : Rebecca M. Callahan
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610447948
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Coming of Political Age written by Rebecca M. Callahan and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the fastest-growing segments of the American population, the children of immigrants are poised to reshape the country’s political future. The massive rallies for immigration rights in 2006 and the recent push for the DREAM Act, both heavily supported by immigrant youth, signal the growing political potential of this crucial group. While many studies have explored the political participation of immigrant adults, we know comparatively little about what influences civic participation among the children of immigrants. Coming of Political Age persuasively argues that schools play a central role in integrating immigrant youth into the political system. The volume shows that the choices we make now in our educational system will have major consequences for the country’s civic health as the children of immigrants grow and mature as citizens. Coming of Political Age draws from an impressive range of data, including two large surveys of adolescents in high schools and interviews with teachers and students, to provide an insightful analysis of trends in youth participation in politics. Although the children of both immigrant and native-born parents register and vote at similar rates, the factors associated with this likelihood are very different. While parental educational levels largely explain voting behavior among children of native-born parents, this volume demonstrates that immigrant children’s own education, in particular their exposure to social studies, strongly predicts their future political participation. Learning more about civic society and putting effort into these classes may encourage an interest in politics, suggesting that the high school civics curriculum remains highly relevant in an increasingly disconnected society. Interestingly, although their schooling predicts whether children of immigrants will vote, how they identify politically depends more on family and community influences. As budget cuts force school administrators to realign academic priorities, this volume argues that any cutback to social science programs may effectively curtail the political and civic engagement of the next generation of voters. While much of the literature on immigrant assimilation focuses on family and community, Coming of Political Age argues that schools—and social science courses in particular—may be central to preparing the leaders of tomorrow. The insights and conclusions presented in this volume are essential to understand how we can encourage more participation in civic action and improve the functioning of our political system.

Youth Held at the Border

Author : Lisa (Leigh) Patel
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807772038
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Youth Held at the Border written by Lisa (Leigh) Patel and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illegal. Undocumented. Remedial. DREAMers. All of these labels have been applied to immigrant youth. Using a combination of engaging narrative and rigorous analysis, this bookexplores how immigrant youth are included in, and excluded from, various sectors of American society, including education. Instead of the land of opportunity, immigrant youth often encounter myriad new borders long after their physical journey to the United States is over. With an intimate storytelling style, the author invites readers to rethink assumptions about immigrant youth and what their often liminal positions reveal about the politics of inclusion in America. Book Features: Engaging case studies that capture the lived experiences of immigrant youth, from secondary school and beyond.A cohesive analysis of how immigration law, education, and health intertwine to shape possible life pathways.Descriptions of educational practices that both support and disempower newcomer immigrant students.Recommendations for interrupting day-to-day practices that privilege some and disadvantage others. Lisa (Leigh) Patel is an associate professor of education at Boston College. She has been a journalist, a teacher, and a state-level policymaker. “Over coffee, tears, and laughter, I spent a delightful morning stunned at the beauty of Leigh Patel’s writing and swept up in the pages of Youth Held at the Border, a piercing analysis of how laws move under the skin and penetrate the soul and a tragicomedic musical of young people improvising lives at the dangerous intersection of U.S. immigration, criminalization, education, and welfare policies.” —From the Foreword by Michelle Fine, Graduate Center, CUNY “Poignant and insightful. . . . After reading this book it will no longer be possible to use code words like ‘undocumented’ and ‘illegal’ to keep these young people silenced and confined to the shadowy world of fugitives.” —Pedro Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development, Executive Director,Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, New York University “Lisa Patel is both ethnographer and poet in telling stories of anguish and desperation, but in the end, stories of hope and survival. All teachers, and anyone who cares about the future of our nation, must read this book.” —Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, School of Education, University of Massachusetts “Patel brings into compelling focus and with love young people who are all around us yet not wholly seen. This is an essential read for all educators and for youth, many who will recognize themselves and their peers in her narrative.” —Susan E. Wilcox, SEW Consulting, community and university educator, writer

Care & Advocacy

Author : Jo Bennett
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1617356611
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Care & Advocacy written by Jo Bennett and published by IAP. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of oral narratives, collected from participants at a school created for first-generation, immigrant youth. The narrations from the students, teachers, administration, professional staff, and support personnel document the power of caring relationships in an educational setting. The narratives underscore the importance of teachers, students, and staff working together and their stories are relevant for any school setting. It turns out that teachers and students both have a need, even a longing, for connection. The narratives bring Nel Noddings' Care Theory to life and show how this theory can be practiced both inside and outside the classroom to bring about a school-wide change in culture. From the receptionist to the principal; from the the social worker to the teacher, the study shows that the daily interactions are as important as the academics in the school setting to improve inequities. Social justice takes on a new meaning, with this focus on social exchanges and personal well-being. The book can benefit those in the field as well as in teacher and leadership preparation programs; those wanting to conduct research with vulnerable populations can also benefit from this study.

The Next Generation

Author : Richard Alba
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814707424
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The Next Generation written by Richard Alba and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Next Generation brings together top immigration scholars to explore how the integration of immigrants affects the generations that come after. The original essays explore the early beginnings of the second generation in the United States and Western Europe, showing that variations in second-generation trajectories are of the utmost importance for the future, for they will determine the degree to which contemporary immigration will produce either durable ethno-racial cleavages or mainstream integration.

Immigrant Youth, Hip Hop, and Online Games

Author : Barbara Franz
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498500935
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Immigrant Youth, Hip Hop, and Online Games written by Barbara Franz and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anti-Muslim racism with its attendant xenophobia and (the fear of) Salafist hostility are two of the most essential problems facing Europe today. Both result from the enormous failure of the continent’s integration policies, which have either insisted on immigrants’ rigid assimilation or left immigrants to fend for themselves. This book radically breaks with contemporary approaches to immigrant assimilation and integration. Instead it examines non-institutional approaches that facilitate immigrant inclusion through the examples of three alternative small-scale projects that have impacted the lives of urban working-class youth, specifically with second-generation immigrant roots, in Vienna, Austria. These projects involve online gaming, hip hop as an art form, and social work as emancipatory pedagogic practice (commonly referred to as street work). After exploring historic and structural conditions of marginalization in Austria, the book investigates working-class teenagers’ social networks and describes an online game designed to provide a platform for interaction between non-immigrant and immigrant youth who usually either do not interact or display prejudice when they engage each other. Hip hop can provide both a necessary outlet for alienated youth to articulate their frustrations and a highly effective tool for transforming inclusion conflicts. This is achieved through offering individual teens the necessary means to gain the resilience and social grounding necessary to help overcome exclusion and marginalization. In addition to the individual young person’s agency, the inclusion process, of course, also requires corresponding efforts by the majority society. Social work with marginalized youth is crucial for successful inclusion. Specifically individual support in small-scale settings provides a unique opportunity to open up spaces for discouraged and disaffected teenagers to gain self-worth and dignity. While the book focuses on identity formation and the teenagers’ agency, it argues that only projects that include both “newcomer” and “native” can aid in overcoming exclusionary attitudes and policies, eventually allowing some form of social bonding to take place.