From Pacesetters to Dropouts Post-Soviet Youth in Comparative Perspective

by Horowitz, Tamar; Kotik-Friedgut, Bella; Hoffman, Stefani; Wallace, C; Chernysh, M; Konstantinovski, D; Knafo, A; Schwartz, S; Zaslavski, T; Moore, M; Shamai, S; Ilatov, Z; Psalti, A; Deliyanni, K; Halberstadt-Komar, A; Yelagina, Marina; Magun, Vladimir; P

• ISBN13: 9780761824879
• ISBN10: 0761824871
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-13
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The book is a combined effort of scholars who participated in a conference on Post-Soviet Youth: A Comparative Study. The book focuses on the post-perestroika period, a time of great instability and change on the national and individual level. It analyzes the effect of this dynamic on youth, who in the transitional phase of adolescence are particularly susceptible to social disruption.

Table of Contents

Youth in Transition: A Comparative Perspective	vii
Tamar Horowitz
Bella Kotik-Friedgut
Part I: Youth as a Special Stratum in Post-Communist Society: General Perspectives
Young People in Post-Communist Countries: Vanguard of Change or Lost Generation?	3	(24)
C. Wallace
Social Mobility Patterns and Life Strategies of Young People in Contemporary Russia	27	(15)
M. Chernysh
Youth and Education in a Changing Society	42	(27)
D. Konstantinovski
Part II: The Family as a Socializing Agent in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Culture-Appropriate Parenting and Value Transmission in Families of Israeli-Born Adolescents in Israel	69	(19)
A. Knafo
S. Schwartz
The Influence of Immigration to Israel on the Parental Behavior of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union	88	(15)
T. Zaslavski
M. Moore
The Acculturation of Soviet Immigrant Parents in Israel and Greece	103	(31)
S. Shamai
Z. Ilatov
A. Psalti
K. Deliyanni
New Issues and Perspectives in Therapeutic Work with Post-Soviet Emigre Families with Adolescents in New York City	134	(15)
A. Halberstadt-Komar
Marina Yelagina
Part III: Attitudes and Aspirations in Cross-Cultural Perspective
The Changes in Aspirations and Life Strategies of Russian and Ukrainian Youth During the Revolutionary Decade: 1985-1995	149	(27)
V. Magun
Ukrainian Youth: The Structure of Values and Social Well-being in a Condition of Total Anomie	176	(24)
N. Panina
The Attitude of Youth toward Authority in Ukraine: Political Choice, Electoral Activity and Social Protest	200	(17)
E. Golovakha
Part IV: Language and Identity in Youth
The Formation of National Identity and Value Orientations among Jewish Teenagers in Russia	217	(17)
V. Sobkin
The Motivational-Affective Complex in New Language Acquisition: Russian-Speaking New Immigrant Adolescents	234	(19)
B. Kotik-Friedgut
Part V: Group Behavior
Post-Soviet Youth in Germany: Group Formation, Values and Attitudes of a New Immigrant Generation	253	(19)
B. Dietz
Street Children in Moscow: Using and Creating Social Capital	272	(23)
S. Sidorenko-Stephenson
Conclusion---From Pacesetters to Dropouts	295	(2)
Contributors	297	(4)
Index	301