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The Paradox of School Desegregation

By: Stephen J. Caldas,Carl L. Bankston III

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The Paradox of School Desegregation

By: Stephen J. Caldas,Carl L. Bankston III

Caldas and Bankston provide a critical, dispassionate analysis of why desegregation in the United States has failed to achieve the goal of providing equal educational opportunities for all students. They offer case histories through dozens of examples of failed desegregation plans from all over the country. The book takes a very broad perspective on race and education, situated in the larger context of the development of individual rights in Western civiliztion. The book traces the long legal history of first racial segregation, and then racial desegregation in America. The authors explain how rapidly changing demographics and family structure in the United States have greatly complicated the project of top-down government efforts to achieve an ideal racial balance in schools. It describes how social capital—a positive outcome of social interaction between and among parents, children, and teachers—creates strong bonds that lead to high academic achievement. The authors show how coercive desegregation weakens bonds and hurts not only students and schools, but also entire communities. Examples from all parts of the United States show how parents undermined desegregation plans by seeking better educational alternatives for their children rather than supporting the public schools to which their children were assigned. Most important, this book offers an alternative, more realistic viewpoint on class, race, and education in America.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313050244

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Controls and Choices

The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation

By: Carl L. Bankston,Stephen J. Caldas

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The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation

By: Carl L. Bankston,Stephen J. Caldas

Many activists and writers have ascribed continuing racial segregation in American schools to a failure of will. In this view, forced transfers of students and other aggressive judicially mandated policies would lead to greater equality in education if only legislators and judges had the will to continue trying to make school districts conform to plans for redesigning schools and even American society. Controls and Choices: The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation provides a detailed examination of the nature of the educational marketplace, supported by historical evidence, to argue that school desegregation failed because it involved monopolistic efforts at redistributing opportunities. These efforts were fundamentally at odds with the self-interest of the families who had the greatest ability to make choices in the educational marketplace. The authors use the concept of the educational marketplace to explain how market-based attempts at school reform, notably vouchers and charter schools, have grown out of the failure of desegregation and remain hampered by lack of recognition of how the schools really function as markets. Some additional key features of this book include: Gives a clear understanding of how schools function as markets Illustrates the argument with histories of specific school districts Links the history of school desegregation to school vouchers and charter schools Includes easy to read and interpret graphs and figures Includes most up-to-date school population and census information

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475814704

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Public Education—America's Civil Religion

A Social History

By: Carl L. Bankston,Stephen J. Caldas

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Public Education—America's Civil Religion

A Social History

By: Carl L. Bankston,Stephen J. Caldas

In this volume, the authors argue that public education is a central part of American civil religion and, thus, gives us an unquestioning faith in the capacity of education to solve all of our social, economic, and political problems. The book traces the development of America's faith in public education from before the Civil War up to the present, exploring recent educational developments such as the No Child Left Behind legislation. The authors discuss how this faith in education often makes it difficult for Americans to think realistically about the capacities and limitations of public schooling. Bringing together history, politics, religion, sociology, and educational theory, this in-depth examination: raises fundamental questions about what education can accomplish for the citizens of the United States; points out that many supposedly opposing viewpoints on public education actually arise from the same root assumptions; exposes the gaps between our pursuit of equity in schools and what we really accomplish with students; looks at ways in which education can be organized to serve a diverse population.

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Teachers College Press

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0807771139

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9780807771136

The Rise of the New Second Generation

By: Min Zhou,Carl L. Bankston, III

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The Rise of the New Second Generation

By: Min Zhou,Carl L. Bankston, III

In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book is about this new generation in the world's largest host country of international migration – the United States. Recognizing that immigration is an intergenerational phenomenon – and one that is always evolving – the authors begin by asking "Do members of the new second generation follow the same pathways taken by the 'old' second generation?" They consider the relevance of assimilation approaches to understanding the lived experiences of the new second generation, and show that the demographic characteristics of today's immigrant groups and changing social, economic, and cultural contexts require new thinking and paradigms. Ultimately, the book offers a view of how American society is shaping the life chances of members of this new second generation and how today's second generation, in turn, is shaping a new America. Designed as a rich overview for general readers and students, and as a concise summary for scholars, this book will be an essential work for all interested in contemporary issues of race, ethnicity, and migration.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745684726

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9780745684727

Immigrant Networks and Social Capital

By: Carl L. Bankston, III

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Immigrant Networks and Social Capital

By: Carl L. Bankston, III

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences. How can they help to explain what brings migrants from some countries to others, or why members of different immigrant groups experience widely varying outcomes in their community settings, occupational opportunities, and educational outcomes? This timely book examines the major issues in social capital research, showing how economic and social contexts shape networks in the process of migration, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of this approach to the study of international migration. By drawing on a broad range of examples from major immigrant groups, the book takes network-based social capital theory out of the realm of abstraction and reveals the insights it offers. Written in a readily comprehensible, jargon-free style, Immigrant Networks and Social Capital is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate classes in international migration, networks, and political and social theory in general. It provides both a theoretical synthesis for professional social scientists and a clear introduction to network approaches to social capital for students, policy-makers, and anyone interested in contemporary social trends and issues.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745684599

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9780745684598

Rethinking Social Capital

By: Bankston III, Carl L.

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Rethinking Social Capital

By: Bankston III, Carl L.

Innovation for Entrepreneurs presents a powerful but easy to apply toolkit for innovation, based on Professors Meyer and Lee’s decades of experience as company founders and innovators for corporations around the globe. This textbook includes guidance in developing new product and service ideas with genuine impact, building teams around these ideas, understanding customers’ needs, translating these needs into compelling product and service designs, and creating initial prototypes. It also helps students learn how to scope and size target markets and position an innovation successfully relative to competitors. These methods are fundamental for any new, impactful venture.

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192

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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180037979X

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9781800379794

American Ideas of Equality

A Social History, 1750-2020

By: Carl Leon Bankston

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American Ideas of Equality

A Social History, 1750-2020

By: Carl Leon Bankston

Using a a unique multidisciplinary approach, this book leads readers through an exploration of how different stages of US history (1750-2020) have led to American ideas of equality.

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1621965554

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Growing Up American

How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States

By: Min Zhou,Carl Bankston

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Growing Up American

How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States

By: Min Zhou,Carl Bankston

Vietnamese Americans form a unique segment of the new U.S. immigrant population. Uprooted from their homeland and often thrust into poor urban neighborhoods, these newcomers have nevertheless managed to establish strong communities in a short space of time. Most remarkably, their children often perform at high academic levels despite difficult circumstances. Growing Up American tells the story of Vietnamese children and sheds light on how they are negotiating the difficult passage into American society. Min Zhou and Carl Bankston draw on research and insights from many sources, including the U.S. census, survey data, and their own observations and in-depth interviews. Focusing on the Versailles Village enclave in New Orleans, one of many newly established Vietnamese communities in the United States, the authors examine the complex skein of family, community, and school influences that shape these children's lives. With no ties to existing ethnic communities, Vietnamese refugees had little control over where they were settled and no economic or social networks to plug into. Growing Up American describes the process of building communities that were not simply transplants but distinctive outgrowths of the environment in which the Vietnamese found themselves. Family and social organizations re-formed in new ways, blending economic necessity with cultural tradition. These reconstructed communities create a particular form of social capital that helps disadvantaged families overcome the problems associated with poverty and ghettoization. Outside these enclaves, Vietnamese children faced a daunting school experience due to language difficulties, racial inequality, deteriorating educational services, and exposure to an often adversarial youth subculture. How have the children of Vietnamese refugees managed to overcome these challenges? Growing Up American offers important evidence that community solidarity, cultural values, and a refugee sensibility have provided them with the resources needed to get ahead in American society. Zhou and Bankston also document the price exacted by the process of adaptation, as the struggle to define a personal identity and to decide what it means to be American sometimes leads children into conflict with their tight-knit communities. Growing Up American is the first comprehensive study of the unique experiences of Vietnamese immigrant children. It sets the agenda for future research on second generation immigrants and their entry into American society.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610445686

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Key Concepts and Contemporary Approaches to Structured Inequality

Capital, Power and Status

By: Carl Bankston III

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Key Concepts and Contemporary Approaches to Structured Inequality

Capital, Power and Status

By: Carl Bankston III

This book presents an introduction to the concept of social inequality. It provides a theoretical and historical background to ways of approaching this topic and discusses classic and modern theories of stratification. After identifying the key concepts of this topic, the book lays out evidence on the nature and extent of contemporary social and economic inequality. It then considers categorical forms of inequality, notably, race, class, and gender. Finally, the book examines sources of social inequality and discusses political consequences of stratification and different policy responses.

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Anthem Press

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1839987782

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The Paradox of School Desegregation

By: Stephen J. Caldas,Carl L. Bankston III

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The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation

By: Carl L. Bankston,Stephen J. Caldas

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Public Education—America's Civil Religion

Public Education—America's Civil Religion

The Rise of the New Second Generation

The Rise of the New Second Generation

Immigrant Networks and Social Capital

Immigrant Networks and Social Capital

Rethinking Social Capital

Rethinking Social Capital

American Ideas of Equality

American Ideas of Equality

Growing Up American

Growing Up American

Key Concepts and Contemporary Approaches to Structured Inequality

Key Concepts and Contemporary Approaches to Structured Inequality

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