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Weis, Lois, Ed.; Dolby, Nadine, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Social Class and Education: Global Perspectives" is the first empirically grounded volume to explore the intersections of class, social structure, opportunity, and education on a truly global scale. Fifteen essays from contributors representing the US, Europe, China, Latin America and other regions offer an unparralleled examination of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Middle Class, School Choice
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O'Leary, Anna Ochoa; Gonzalez, Norma E.; Valdez-Gardea, Gloria Ciria – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2008
In this article, we attempt to map out the "in-between" space between global and cultural narratives that mediates women's educational trajectories. Case studies of women living on the U.S.-Mexico border make visible these spaces, sites of "practices of emergence": the practices that emerge from incommensurable economic demands…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Hispanic Americans
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Flores, Estevan T. – International Migration Review, 1984
Reviews and evaluates a case which arose over an attempt to deny undocumented immigrant children access to public education. Social, political, and educational issues pertinent to the case are considered. Provides social and demographic data from a sample of parents of undocumented children while analyzing the international ramifications of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M., Ed.; Paez, Mariela M., Ed. – 2002
This book brings together leading scholars in the study of the Latino population in the United States. The papers include: "Introduction: The Research Agenda" (Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Mariela M. Paez); (1) "`Y tu que?' (Y2K): Latino History in the New Millennium" (George J. Sanchez); (2) "Islands and Enclaves:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Bilingualism, Citizenship Responsibility
Booth, Alan, Ed.; Crouter, Ann C., Ed.; Shanahan, Michael J., Ed. – 1999
This book contains 17 papers devoted to the following four aspects of the transition to adulthood: effects of alterations in the structure of opportunity; effects of prior experiences in the family; effects of prior experience in the workplace; and career development and marriage formation during a period of rising inequality. The following papers…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Beliefs