Ethnicity and causal mechanisms / edited by Michael Rutter, Marta Tienda.

Other author Rutter, Michael, 1933-
Other author Tienda, Marta.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxx, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesThe Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence
Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence. ^A691505
Contents Introduction/preface / Michael Rutter and Marta Tienda -- Natural experiments, causal influences, and policy development / Michael Rutter -- Growing up ethnic in the UK and US : comparative contexts for youth development / Marta Tienda -- The multiple facets of ethnicity / Michael Rutter and Marta Tienda -- Educational attainments : ethnic differences in the UK / Barbara Maughan -- Race and ethnic inequality in educational attainment in the United States / Charles Hirschman and Jennifer C. Lee -- Racial and ethnic disparities in crime and delinquency in the United States / Jeffrey D. Morenoff -- Explaining ethnic variations in crime and antisocial behavior in the UK / David J. Smith -- Cultural differences in the effects of physical punishment / Kirby Deater-Deckard, Kenneth A. Dodge, and Emma Sorbring -- Ethnicity and mental health : the example of schizophrenia in the African-Caribbean population in Europe / Peter B. Jones & W.L. Alan Fung -- Ethnic variations in youth suicide / Jewelle Taylor Gibbs -- Ethnicity and intergenerational identities and adaptations in Britain : the socio-political context / Tariq Modood -- Assimilation, dissimilation, and ethnic identities : the experience of children of immigrants in the United States / Rubén G. Rumbaut -- Deciphering ethnicity : reflections on research opportunities / Marta Tienda and Michael Rutter.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004030540
ISBN0521849934 (hardcover)
ISBN0521615100 (pbk.)

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