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Forced to Fail: The Paradox of School Desegregation by Caldas, Stephen J, Bankston, Carl L

“…This book traces the long legal history of first racial segregation, and then racial desegregation in America. The authors explain how rapidly changing…”
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Hurricane Katrina, a Construction Boom, and a New Labor Force: Latino Immigrants and the New Orleans Construction Industry, 2000 and 2006-2010 by Sisk, Blake, Bankston, Carl L.

“…Disasters provide opportunities to study the social and economic dimensions of large-scale shifts. Drawn by the surge in demand for low-skill construction…”
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Social Justice: Cultural Origins of a Perspective and a Theory by Bankston, Carl L.

“…The term social justice comes up frequently in circles concerned with political and economic policy. Although it is often ill defined, it generally rests on…”
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The model minority stereotype and the national identity question: the challenges facing Asian immigrants and their children by Zhou, Min, Bankston, Carl L.

“…A central issue in contemporary debates over immigration concerns how immigrants from diverse origins become integrated into their host nation. The children of…”
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Being Well vs. Doing Well: Self-Esteem and School Performance among Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Racial and Ethnic Groups by Bankston, Carl L., Zhou, Min

“…It has frequently been suggested that the academic achievement of minority students may be hindered by low self-esteem in a white-dominated society. Some…”
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Involuntary migration, context of reception, and social mobility: the case of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the United States by Bankston, Carl L., Zhou, Min

“…In this study, we examine the Vietnamese population of the United States as a case study in the integration of a refugee group. We first offer a brief review…”
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The Civic Education Crusade: A Heretic’s Analysis by Bankston, Carl L.

“…In January 2012, the National Task Force on Civic Learning and National Engagement of the Association of American Universities and College's released its…”
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[Special Issue on SEA Demographics] Response - Sociology: A Portrait of Adaptation by Bankston, Carl L

“…Response to Mark E. Pfeifer's featured article…”
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Social Capital, Cultural Values, Immigration, and Academic Achievement: The Host Country Context and Contradictory Consequences by Bankston, Carl L.

“…Social-capital explanations of school outcomes, particularly of the school outcomes of immigrant children and children of immigrants, have come into wide use…”
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Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States by Zhou, Min, Bankston, Carl L., III

“…This book tells the story of America's single largest group of refugee children, the children of Vietnamese refugees, as they have experienced growing up in…”
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A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana by Bankston, Carl L. III, Caldas, Stephen J

“…This book uses extensive interviews and statistical data to examine the failed desegregation efforts in Louisiana as a case study to illustrate how…”
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The mass production of credentials: Subsidies and the rise of the higher education industry by Bankston, Carl L

“…Argues that massive federal educational subsidies have had negative consequences. The dramatic increase in the percentage of Americans with college degrees…”
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Engineering the Competition: Affirmative Action as Subsidized Mobility by Bankston, Carl L.

“…Equality of opportunity, or equality of individuals in a competition to reach unequal positions, has emerged as a fundamental cultural value over the course of…”
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Public Education--America's Civil Religion: A Social History by Bankston, Carl L., III, Caldas, Stephen J

“…In this provocative volume, the authors argue that public education is a central part of American civil religion and, thus, gives us an unquestioning faith in…”
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Social Capital and the Adaptation of the Second Generation: The Case of Vietnamese Youth in New Orleans by Zhou, Min, Bankston, Carl L.

“…This article investigates some of the ways in which social capital made available in an immigrant community contributes to, rather than hinders, the adaptation…”
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Social Capital as Process: The Meanings and Problems of a Theoretical Metaphor by Bankston III, Carl L., Zhou, Min

“…In this study, we suggest that the difficulty in defining, locating, and measuring social capital is at core a philosophical confusion of language, and not…”
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REINFORCING POLARIZATIONS: U.S. IMMIGRATION AND THE PROSPECT OF GAY MARRIAGE by Hidalgo, Danielle Antoinette, Bankston III, Carl L.

“…In recent years more legal immigrants have entered the United States through marriage than through any other means, while the desirability of current levels…”
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Military Brides and Refugees: Vietnamese American Wives and Shifting Links to the Military, 1980 - 2000 by Hidalgo, Danielle Antoinette, Bankston III, Carl L.

“…ABSTRACT Since the immigration legislation of 1965, marriage to American citizens and resident aliens has been one of the primary paths for migration to the…”
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New People in the New South: An Overview of Southern Immigration by Bankston, Carl L.

“…New York, Chicago, San Francisco are fixed in our imaginations as the great American immigrant settlements. [...]recendy, most people rarely considered the…”
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Family Pressure and the Educational Experience of the Daughters of Vietnamese Refugees by Zhou, Min, Bankston III, Carl L.

“…This article explores the issue of gender role changes encountered by young Vietnamese‐American women based on our ethnographic study of Versailles Village, a…”
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