The integration imperative: The children of low-status immigrants in the schools of wealthy societies

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2011, Pages 395-415

  Alba, Richard ^a   Sloan, Jennifer ^a   Sperling, Jessica ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic shift; Nonzero sum mobility; Parental involvement; Second generation; Segregation; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960466456     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150219     Document Type: Article

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