Managing to Make It Urban Families and Adolescent Success

Name: Managing to Make It Urban Families and Adolescent Success
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ISBN: 9780226273938

ISBN-10: 0226273938

ISBN-13: 9780226273938

Edition: 2000

Authors: Frank F. Furstenberg, Thomas D. Cook, Jacquelynne Eccles, Glen H. Elder Jr., Glen H. Elder

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Based on over 500 interviews/case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, this text reveals how parents managed different levels of resources and dangers in low-income neighbourhoods and how this management, rather than community involvement, contributed to the success of their children.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.58" wide x 0.91" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Jacquelynne S. Eccles is McKeachie/Pintrich Distinguished University Professor in the School of Education, University of Michigan.

Glen H. Elder Jr. is the Howard W. Odum Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and research professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.



List of Illustrations


Preface



The Theory and Research Design



Parenting in the Inner City The Problem



The Philadelphia Study



The Findings



How They Fared Measuring Adolescent Success



How Parents Manage Risk and Opportunity



Parenting Matters



Family Influences and Adolescents' Lives



How Do Neighborhoods Matter?



Adolescent Competence and the Effects of Cumulative Risk Factors



Looking Ahead: Patterns of Success in Late Adolescence



Managing for Success: Lessons from the Study


Appendix


Notes


References


Index