Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success / Edition 1

Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0226273938
ISBN-13:
9780226273938
Pub. Date:
12/01/2000
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10:
0226273938
ISBN-13:
9780226273938
Pub. Date:
12/01/2000
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success / Edition 1

Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success / Edition 1

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Overview

One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study—the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series—focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages.
Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780226273938
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/01/2000
Edition description: 1
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Frank F. Furstenberg is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, most recently Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teenage Childbearing


Frank F. Furstenberg,Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas D. Cook is the professor of sociology, psychology, education, and policy research at Northwestern University.

Jacquelynne Eccles is a professor of education and psychology at the University of Michigan.

Glen H. Elder, Jr. is the Odum Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Arnold Sameroff is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan.


Frank F. Furstenberg,Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas D. Cook is the professor of sociology, psychology, education, and policy research at Northwestern University.

Jacquelynne Eccles is a professor of education and psychology at the University of Michigan.

Glen H. Elder, Jr. is the Odum Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Arnold Sameroff is professor of psychology at the 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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Part One: The Theory and Research Design
1. Parenting in the Inner City
The Problem
2. The Philadelphia Study
Part Two: The Findings
3. How They Fared
Measuring Adolescent Success
4. How Parents Manage Risk and Opportunity
5. Parenting Matters
6. Family Influences and Adolescents' Lives
7. How Do Neighborhoods Matter?
8. Adolescent Competence and the Effects of Cumulative Risk Factors
9. Looking Ahead: Patterns of Success in Late Adolescence
10. Managing for Success: Lessons from the Study
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
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