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  • The Latina/o Pathway to the Ph.D.

    Abriendo Caminos

    Edited by Jeanett Castellanos, Alberta M. Gloria, Mark Kamimura ...
    The Latina/o population constitutes the largest racial and ethnic minority group in the U.S. and is disproportionately under-represented in college and in graduate programs. This is the first book specifically to engage with the absence of Latinas/os in doctoral studies. It proposes educational and administrative strategies to open up the pipeline, and institutional practices to ensure access, ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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    The Role of Social Motivations

    by Tom R. Tyler ...
    Any organization's success depends upon the voluntary cooperation of its members. But what motivates people to cooperate? In Why People Cooperate, Tom Tyler challenges the decades-old notion that individuals within groups are primarily motivated by their self-interest. Instead, he demonstrates that human behaviors are influenced by shared attitudes, values, and identities that reflect social ... Read more

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  • Adaptation to Climate Change

    From Resilience to Transformation

    by Mark Pelling ...
    The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation as a narrowly defensive task – protecting core assets or functions from the risks of climate change. A more profound engagement, which sees climate change risks as a product and driver of social as well as natural ... Read more

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  • Ability, Equity, and Culture

    Sustaining Inclusive Urban Education Reform

    by Elizabeth B. Kozleski, Kathleen King Thorius ...
    Series series Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
    This comprehensive book is grounded in the authentic experiences of educators who have done, and continue to do, the messy everyday work of transformative school reform. The work of these contributors, in conjunction with research done under the aegis of the National Institute of Urban School Improvement (NIUSI), demonstrates how schools and classrooms can move from a deficit model to a culturally ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality

    by Ben Kirshner ...
    Series Book 2 - Qualitative Studies in Psychology
    Winner, 2016 Best Authored Book presented by the Society for Research on AdolescenceDiverse case studies on how youth build political power during an era of racial and educational inequality in AmericaThis is what democracy looks like: Youth organizers in Colorado negotiate new school discipline policies to end the school to jail track. Latino and African American students march to district ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • High-Risk Feminism in Colombia

    Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts

    by Julia Margaret Zulver ...
    High-Risk Fe**minism in Colombia documents the experiences of grassroots women’s organizations that united to demand gender justice during and in the aftermath of Colombia’s armed conflict. In doing so, it illustrates a little-studied phenomenon: women whose experiences with violence catalyze them to mobilize and resist as feminists, even in the face of grave danger. Despite a well-established ... Read more

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  • Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline

    by Tara J. Yosso ...
    Series series Teaching/Learning Social Justice
    Chicanas/os are part of the youngest, largest, and fastest growing racial/ethnic 'minority' population in the United States, yet at every schooling level, they suffer the lowest educational outcomes of any racial/ethnic group. Using a 'counterstorytelling' methodology, Tara Yosso debunks racialized myths that blame the victims for these unequal educational outcomes and redirects our focus toward ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • School Leadership for Authentic Family and Community Partnerships

    Research Perspectives for Transforming Practice

    Edited by Susan Auerbach ...
    School leaders are increasingly called upon to pursue meaningful partnerships with families and community groups, yet many leaders are unprepared to meet the challenges of partnerships, to cross cultural boundaries, or to be accountable to the community. Alliances are needed among educators, families, and community groups that value relationship building, dialogue, and power-sharing as part of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Kids Are in Charge

    Activism and Power in Peru's Movement of Working Children

    by Jessica K. Taft ...
    Series Book 2 - Critical Perspectives on Youth
    Details the possibilities and challenges of intergenerational activism and social movementsSince 1976, the Peruvian movement of working children has fought to redefine age-based roles in society, including defending children’s right to work. In The Kids Are in Charge, Jessica K. Taft gives us an inside look at this groundbreaking, intergenerational social movement, showing that kids can—and should ... Read more

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  • Latinos in American Society

    Families and Communities in Transition

    by Ruth Enid Zambrana ...
    It is well known that Latinos in the United States bear a disproportionate burden of low educational attainment, high residential segregation, and low visibility in the national political landscape. In Latinos in American Society, Ruth Enid Zambrana brings together the latest research on Latinos in the United States to demonstrate how national origin, age, gender, socioeconomic status, and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Magic Key

    The Educational Journey of Mexican Americans from K-12 to College and Beyond

    Edited by Ruth Enid Zambrana, Sylvia Hurtado ...
    Series series Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
    Mexican Americans comprise the largest subgroup of Latina/os, and their path to education can be a difficult one. Yet just as this group is often marginalized, so are their stories, and relatively few studies have chronicled the educational trajectory of Mexican American men and women. In this interdisciplinary collection, editors Zambrana and Hurtado have brought together research studies that ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Culturally Responsive Leadership in Higher Education

    Promoting Access, Equity, and Improvement

    Edited by Lorri Santamaría, Andrés Santamaría ...
    Rapidly changing global demographics demand visionary, collaborative, and culturally appropriate leadership practices on university campuses. In the face of widening gaps in academic achievement and socio-economic roadblocks, Culturally Responsive Leadership in Higher Education offers a new vision of leadership, where diversity is transformed from challenge into opportunity. This book offers a ... Read more

    $72.99 USD