Defining “Community”: Perceptions of East African and Southeast Asian Immigrant and Refugee Youths Residing in Public Housing Sites

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 55-68

  Young, Tigerson M ^a   Spigner, Clarence ^b   Stubblefield, Marcus ^c  

^a Ministry of Children and Family Development   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East African; Immigrants; Public housing; Refugees; Southeast Asian; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PERCEPTION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL HOUSING; YOUNG POPULATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SENSE OF PLACE;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33846081986     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J500v04n04_05     Document Type: Article

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