Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth

Cover; REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Organization of the Volume; Conclusions; REFERENCES; Part 1: WHO MIGRATES AND HOW DO THEY FARE?: Sociodemographic Perspectives; 1: Resources, Strengths, and Challenges for Children in Immigrant Families in Eight Affluent Countries; Introduction; The Eight Study Countries; The Origins of Children in Immigrant Families; The Importance of Children in Immigrant Families; The Integration and Inclusion of Immigrants; Two-Parent Families; Language.

The well-being and productivity of immigrant youth has become one of the most important global issues of our times as a result of mass migration and resettlement. In this unique volume, leading scholars from multiple nations and disciplines provide a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research on immigrant youth and delineate the most promising future directions for research on their success, suggesting implications for policy and interventions that will benefit host societies as well as immigrant youth. The contributors to Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth include many of the leading international experts on migration, acculturation, intergroup issues and immigrant youth development, with contributions from the fields of child development, demography, economics, education, immigrant mental health, social psychology and sociology