Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success (Volume 1998) (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health ... Studies on Successful Adolescent Development) - Softcover

Furstenberg, Frank F.; Cook, Thomas D.; Eccles, Jacquelynne; Elder Jr., Glen H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226273938 ISBN 13: 9780226273938

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2000

Synopsis

One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study—the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series—focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages.
Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This groundbreaking study explodes common misconceptions about parenting and success in socioeconomically disadvantaged urban communities and launches a new series on how and why youth are able to overcome-rather than succumb to-social adversity.

About the Author:

Frank F. Furstenberg,Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas D. Cook is the professor of sociology, psychology, education, and policy research at Northwestern University.

Jacquelynne Eccles is a professor of education and psychology at the University of Michigan.

Glen H. Elder, Jr. is the Odum Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Arnold Sameroff is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0226273938
• ISBN 13: 9780226273938
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320