Black youth matters
Subtitle: transitions from school to success
By: Cecile Wright, Penny Standen, Tina Patel.
Contributors: Standen, Penny.; Patel, Tina G.
Series: Critical youth studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415995108; 9780415995122; 9780203863053
Subjects: Discrimination in education -- Great Britain; Youth, Black -- Education -- Great Britain; Youth, Black -- Great Britain -- Social conditions; Success -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theorising youth transitions : the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender and social class; title: Resistance, resilience and empowering habitus : connecting identities, ambitions and "success"; title: The role of family and kinship in achieving "success"; title: Peers and friendship networks in "success" making; title: Collective resistance : community networks and social capital in success making; title: Youth, "race"/ethnicity and social mobility in contemporary society; title: Understanding black youth, success and transitions in society today.