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Format: XII, 628 S.

ISBN: 0-8157-1876-4 , 0-8157-1875-6

Content: "Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference?" "This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors - economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian - define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and work force development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security."--BOOK JACKET.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Sociology

Keywords: Gemeinwesenarbeit ; Stadt ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (15 Seiten)

Content: Previous research finds that low achievers and students from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds are more likely to bully peers, but fails to satisfactorily explain why. This paper tests the hypothesis that feelings of insecurity mediate the relationship between family background and low achievement, as predictors, and self-perception of being a bully, as the outcome. It operationalizes feelings of insecurity as self-esteem and academic-status insecurity. Using a large and diverse dataset of survey responses from secondary school males in the U.S. (N = 7,291, 45% White, 30% Black, 25% Latino from 6th-12th grade), the paper applies multi-level mediation analyses to test the hypothesis separately for Blacks, Whites, and Latinos. For all three groups, the insecurity measures account for virtually all of the relationship between a grade point average and self-perception of being a bully, and about a third of the relationship between family background and the same bullying measure. Implications are discussed.

Content: Peer Reviewed

Note: This article was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

In: International journal of adolescence and youth, 2019,2019

Language: English

DOI: 10.18452/20743

URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/21482-6

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource : , Illustration.

Language: English

DOI: 10.18452/20743

URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/21482-6

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Format: 1 online resource (576 p.)

ISBN: 9780674030176

Series Statement: Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press

Content: In spite of an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, the poverty rate in the United States remains high relative to the levels of the early 1970s and relative to those in many industrialized countries today. Understanding Poverty brings the problem of poverty in America to the fore, focusing on its nature and extent at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Contributors -- , Preface -- , Introduction: The Evolution of Poverty and Antipoverty Policy -- , PART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies -- , 1 The Level, Trend, and Composition of Poverty -- , 2 Changes in Family Structure: Implications for Poverty and Related Policy -- , 3 The Rising Tide Lifts ...? -- , 4 Mobility, Persistence, and the Consequences of Poverty for Children: Child and Adult Outcomes -- , 5 U. S. Poverty in a Cross-national Context -- , PART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies -- , 6 The Evolution of Income Support Policy in Recent Decades -- , 7 Welfare Policy in Transition: Redefining the Social Contract for Poor Citizen Families with Children and for Immigrants -- , 8 Health Policies for the Non-elderly Poor -- , 9 Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments -- , PART III Neighborhoods, Groups, and Communities -- , 10 Housing Discrimination and Residential Segregation as Causes of Poverty -- , 11 The Memberships Theory of Poverty: The Role of Group Affiliations in Determining Socioeconomic Outcomes -- , 12 Community Revitalization, Jobs and the Well-being of the Inner-City Poor -- , PART IV Concluding Thoughts -- , 13 Politics, Race, and Poverty Research -- , 14 Poverty Research and Antipoverty Policy After the Technological Revolution -- , 15 Research on Poverty and Antipoverty Policies -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.4159/9780674030176

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674030176

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674030176