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Roma Minority Youth Across Cultural Contexts: Taking a Positive Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice (Child Development in Cultural Context)
Radosveta Dimitrova
(Illustrated by)
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David Lackland Sam
(Illustrated by)
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Laura Ferrer Wreder
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Oxford University Press, USA
· Hardcover
Roma Minority Youth Across Cultural Contexts: Taking a Positive Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice (Child Development in Cultural Context) - Dimitrova, Radosveta ; Sam, David Lackland ; Ferrer Wreder, Laura
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Synopsis "Roma Minority Youth Across Cultural Contexts: Taking a Positive Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice (Child Development in Cultural Context)"
This book explores Positive Youth Development (PYD) in Roma ethnic minority youth. Standing apart from current volumes, this book focuses on the Roma ethnic minority -- one of the most marginalized and oppressed minority groups in Europe -- and on strengths and resources for optimal well-beingin the community. The international and multidisciplinary contributors to this book address the complexities of Roma life in a variety of cultural settings, exploring how key developmental processes and person-context interactions can contribute to optimal and successful adaptation. The conclusionsclarify how the PYD of ethnic minority children and youth may be fostered based on the empirical findings reported in the volume. The book draws on core theoretical models of PYD and theories of normative development from the perspective of developmental science to highlight the applicability ofthese frameworks to Roma groups. With a special focus on cultural, contextual, and socio-economic characteristics of Roma, this project also aims to provide a better understanding of what does and what does not contribute to the success of youth in oppressed minority groups.
