Black Youth Matters: Transitions from School to Success

Based on ethnographic research with young people permanently excluded from school, Black Youth Matters examines the resourcefulness of young black people in overcoming school failure to forge more positive futures for themselves.

Author: Cecile Wright,P. J. Standen,Tina Patel
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780415995122

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 215

About the Author

Cecile Wright is Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Her research focus is on race, ethnicity, gender and social class, education, postcolonial theory and black feminist theory.

Penny Standen is Professor in Health Psychology and Learning Disabilities at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research focus is on socially excluded and disadvantaged groups and in developing research methods that allow previously excluded people to gain a voice.

Tina Patel is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford, UK. Her expertise is in black and minority ethnic communities, violence and the criminal justice system.