Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis

Living on the Boundaries: Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts

ISBN: 978-1-78052-032-2, eISBN: 978-1-78052-033-9

ISSN: 1479-358X

Publication date: 28 May 2012

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(2012), "Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis", Camp Yeakey, C. (Ed.) Living on the Boundaries: Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts (Advances in Education in Diverse Communities, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, p. ii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-358X(2012)0000008031

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Living on the Boundaries: Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts
Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis
Living on the Boundaries: Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts
Copyright Page
Dedication
List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction
The Downward Slope of Upward Mobility in a Global Economy
Dare to be Sick: Poverty and Health Among Vulnerable Populations
Homeless Youth and Educational Policy: A Case Study of Urban Youth in a Metropolitan Area
Light and Shadow of Public Education for Migrant Children in Urban China
Struggling Towards Equity and Safe Schools in Toronto, Canada
Education in a Multicultural Environment: Equity Issues in Teaching and Learning in England
Freedom Schools and Mastery Learning: Providing Alternatives to Failure in Urban Public Education in the United States
Creating College-Going Cultures for Students of Color in the US: Finding a Balance between Targeted and Normative Models of Intervention
Where the Streets have no Neighborhoods: Marginality and Decline in St Louis, Missouri (USA)
A City that Works: An Urban Analysis of the City of Toronto
Confronting Stereotypes: Children and Families in Public Housing
Turning Around the Poorest Neighbourhoods: Learning the Lessons from 20 Years of Neighbourhood-Based Regeneration Strategies in England
Policy Decisions and Environmental Justice for Casinos in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
The Neighborhood Divide: Poverty, Place, and Low-Income Housing in Metropolitan Richmond, Virginia (USA)
Urban Operations: Public–Private Partnerships Globalizing São Paulo
Emergent Spaces, Contemporary Urban Conflicts: Experiences of Social Mix in Changing Neighborhoods – The Case Study of Milan's Chinatown
Effects of Social Identity and Poverty on Orientation Towards Mass Incidents in Mainland China
The Hidden Unwanted: Patterns of Immigrants’ Marginality in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Milan (Italy)
The Decline of Social Capital in Urban China
The Redress of Urban Governance and Marginality in Dhaka, Bangladesh
“Voting with their Feet?”: Satisfaction and Preferences of Quality of Life in Forty Districts in Tokyo, Japan
‘The Poor Ye have with you Always’: Poverty and Marginality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Conclusion: “Living on the Boundaries”
Subject Index