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Currently, there are more than 36 million transnationally mobile children and youth. Featuring the stories of children and youth from places such as Myanmar, India, Hungary, the USA, and Central America, Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape interrogates how transnational mobility shapes the lives of the relatively young.
This edited collection addresses questions that encourage us to consider what it means to be a transnationally mobile child or youth in the 21st century. How does transnational mobility affect youths' understanding of their ethnic identity? What is the link between educational attainment and social mobility? How does social class impact the educational trajectories of return migrant children? What impact does the knowledge economy have on new norms and practices related to human capital accumulation?
Illustrating that transnationally mobile children and youths' experiences need social enquiry, this book pushes all of us to question our assumptions, challenge well-established theories, and rethink our understanding of the root causes of social inequality.
Contents
Introduction - Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape: Young Lives Lived in Motion; Derrace Garfield McCallum and Adrienne Lee Atterberry
Chapter 1. The "Borderlandization" of Mexico: Mexico's New Policies of Deportation and Detention of Minor Migrants and Their Effects on Migrants Movement; Angel A. Escamilla Garcia
Chapter 2. Young Immigrants' Integration into a New Home: The Case of Central American Children and Youth Settling in Washington D.C.; Ernesto Castañeda, Daniel Jenks, and Cynthia Cristobal
Chapter 3. Transnational Migration, Ethnic Identity, and Blurred Boundaries: Indian American Youth Redefine Being a Second-Generation Immigrant; Adrienne Lee Atterberry
Chapter 4. Marginality at School: The Experience of Immigrant Children in Rural Italy; Mauro Giardiello and Rosa Capobianco
Chapter 5. Muslim Youth, Religion, and Educational Aspirations: The Case of West African Immigrants in New York City; Serah Shani
Chapter 6. The Limits of Trading Cultural Capital: Returning Migrant Children and their Educational Trajectory in Hungary; Zsuzsanna Árendás, Judit Durst, Noémi Katona, and Vera Messing OPEN ACCESS
Chapter 7. A Transnational Opportunity Trap? The Missing Link between Educational Attainment and Future Prospects for Myanmarese Migrant Students in Thailand; On Ni Chan
Chapter 8. Globalization, Human Capital Accumulation and Dynamics of Transnational Migration of Youth: The Case of India; Pradeep Kumar Choudhury and Angrej Singh Gill
Conclusion - Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape: Lessons Learned and Future Directions; Siqi Tu and Amy Lutz
