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Roma minority youth across cultural contexts : taking a positive approach to research, policy, and practice /

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"This book is about positive youth development (PYD) in Roma ethnic minority youth. Its main distinguishing features are (1) the focus on a large and underrepresented ethnic minority group and (2) a strength-based conception of adolescence (i.e., PYD) that sees all youth as having resources. Th...

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Other Authors: Dimitrova, Radosveta, 1977- (Editor), Sam, David L. (Editor), Ferrer-Wreder, Laura (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:Child development in cultural context.
Subjects:
Youth, Romani > Europe > Social conditions.
Romanies > Europe > Social conditions.
Minority families > Europe.
Youth development > Europe.
Tsiganes > Europe > Conditions sociales.
Familles issues des minorités > Europe.
Jeunesse > Développement > Europe.
Child.
Developmental.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Cultural.
Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Ethnic Studies.
Minority families
Romanies > Social conditions
Youth development
Europe
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Roma context / Carmen Buzea, Radosveta Dimitrova
  • How positive youth development can support low-income Roma youth living in the United States / Marija Bingulac
  • Engaging vulnerable Romani youth in provision of early childhood services / Stanislav Daniel
  • Actualizing change with Roma youth and their communities: theoretical and conceptual considerations / Carolyn Cass Lorente, Laura Ferrer-Wreder
  • Roma youth: positive development despite challenges / Pasquale Musso, Cristiano Inguglia, Michele Mannoia, Alida Lo Coco
  • Positive youth development: an empirical study of Roma youth / Nora Wiium, Fitim Uka
  • Reframing the narrative: revealing positive youth development in the self-descriptions of Roma adolescents / Deborah J. Johnson, Barbara Thelamour, Sudha Sankar, Radosveta Dimitrova
  • Associations between social connectedness and academic achievement among Roma youth in Eastern Europe / Amina Abubakar, Radosveta Dimitrova, Delia Stefenel, Fitim Uka, Skerdi Zahaj, Paul Murimi, Fons van de Vijver
  • Youth development, education, and identity: a case study of attitudes toward Roma youth in Hungary / Jekatyerina Dunajeva
  • How a positive youth development framework can improve lives of excluded people: the case of low-income Roma youth in Serbia / Marija Bingulac
  • Out of the margins: reflections on Roma and youth development / Peter Vermeersch
  • Roma youth development in context: what next? / David L. Sam, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Radosveta Dimitrova.