African-American Youth: Their Social and Economic Status in the United States / Edition 1

by Ronald L Taylor

Overview

An in-depth analysis of the contexts of Black youth socialization with emphasis on the intragroup variations in the circumstances, behavior, and experiences of those youth. Taylor and his contributors present a balanced portrait of the majority of Black youth who stay in school, avoid drugs and pregnancy, are employed, and are not involved in crime despite social and economic disadvantages, alongside those unfortunates who are enmeshed in the crucible of social problems. Authored by some of the best African-American researchers in the United States, this volume focuses on the multiple ecologies of Black youth development from school through employment and marriage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275949402
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/12/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

RONALD L. TAYLOR is Director of the Institute of African-American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where he is a Professor of Sociology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Black Youth in the United States: An Overview by Ronald L. Taylor
Black Youth in the United States: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
Old Issues and New Theorizing about African American Youth: A Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory by Margaret B. Spencer
Health and Mental Health of Black Adolescents by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Multiple Contexts of Black Youth Socialization
The Multiple Ecologies of Black Youth Socialization: An Afrographic Analysis by A Wade Boykin and Constance M. Ellison
Black Youth in School: Individual Achievement and Institutional/Cultural Perspectives by Jacqueline Jordan Irvine and Russell W. Irvine
Disparities in Employment Status between Black and White Youth: Explaining the Continuing Differential by Doris Y. Wilkinson
Sexuality, Marriage and Family among Black Youth
Sexual Activity, Pregnancy and Childbearing among African-American Youth by Diane Scott-Jones, A. Davis, M. Foster, and T. Hughes
Sex Codes and Family Life among Poor Inner-City Youths by Elijah Anderson
Special Problem Areas: Black Youth at Risk
Self-Destructive Behaviors among Black Youth: Suicide and Homicide by Karen D. Weddle and Patrick C. McKenry
Structural Strain: Drug Use among African American Youth by Ann F. Brunswick and David Rier
Delinquency and Drug Use among High Risk Youths Over Time by Richard Dembo, et al.
Adult Consequences of Adolescent Childbearing: The Longitudinal Harlem Health Study by Ann F. Brunswick and Angela A. Aidala
Black Youth, Public Policy, and Social Intervention
Improving the Status of Black Youth: Some Lessons from Recent National Experiments by Ronald L. Taylor
Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage: Toward a Comprehensive National Policy for Social Intervention by Robert B. Hill