Examines provisions made in Sweden for the education of handicapped and immigrant students and the services offered to their families. Stating that all handicapped persons have the right to receive government services, the article discusses preschool education, day nurseries, mother-tongue language activities, family services, and courses for…

The article, based on a study carried out in 2003, discusses Russia's migrant children's orientations toward acquiring higher education in the Russia Federation. The focus of this study was to determine the educational factors that motivate migrants to relocate to the Russian Federation. Immigrants in Russia make up more than 5 percent of the…

Examines domestic violence from a human rights perspective. Explores the antecedents, dynamics, and effects of domestic abuse in light of the historical, philosophical, cultural, social, spiritual, and political realities of Latino immigrants in the United States. Discusses levels of awareness and responsibility necessary to break the…

Discusses issues of policy redefinition, legal categorization, and immigrants' agency by examining the legalization strategies pursued by Salvadoran immigrants from the 1980s to the present. Demonstrates how arguments were connected to United States . foreign policy, human-rights violations in Central America, and other political legal issues.…

Many citizens have disengaged from participation in civic life with a resulting call for new initiatives in civic education. Many of these programs have had little research on citizens' prior conceptions of participation. In this article, we provide a map of the conceptions of civic participation, specifically voting, held by two groups: recent…

According to the U.S. Constitution as construed by the "Plyler v. Doe," 457 U.S. 202 (1982) Supreme Court Case, all children in the United States--from kindergarten through grade twelve--have a right to a free public education regardless of citizenship; however, undocumented students seeking to continue their education beyond high school…

The focus of this paper is on immigrant minority languages in urban Western Europe. Both multidisciplinary and cross-national perspectives will be offered on two major domains in which language transmission occurs, i.e., the domestic domain and the public domain. Prototypical of these two domains are the home and the school, respectively. At home,…

This article features the life of Yuri Kochiyama as a social, political and civil rights activist. Kochiyama is one of many whose social, political and civil rights activism was inspired by Malcolm X. She is one of the few non-Blacks often associated with him and has forged multi-ethnic coalitions, especially between Asian Americans and Blacks. An…

Explores the place of minority rights within two liberal societies, focusing on immigrants from former French and British colonies, by examining two court cases that address cultural and religious expression (wearing cultural/religious attire in schools). Examines how the societies' procedures and ideologies resulted in different outcomes for…

Reviews a book that documents the rise of the English-only movement in the 1980s and examines historical and sociocultural factors shaping the movement, potential effects of an official language on constitutional rights of language minorities, anti-immigrant sentiments and America's obstinate monolingualism, and the ongoing battle for equal rights…

Individuals are living, learning, and teaching by questioning how to address race in a society that consistently prefers to see itself as colorblind, a society claiming to seek a "post-racial" existence. This edited volume offers evidence of the evolving significance of race from a diverse group of male and female contributors…

Profiles Lina Gomez, a social worker and Title I case manager who works in a Southwest border town and helps immigrant families obtain food and clothing, understand their legal rights, review rental and employment contracts, utilize Head Start services, and deal with arrest and deportation processes. The rationale for educating undocumented…

Presents a contextual analysis of policies seeking to exclude illegal immigrant youth from public education and the related legal standards, focusing on social justice and the equality issues that are raised by the exclusion of any group of children from educational opportunity. Advances the thesis that every individual's interest in meaningful…

Examines the effect of recent immigration on the following areas: (1) employment in higher education; (2) school desegregation; (3) public-sector employment; (4) voting rights; and (5) Congressional reapportionment. Discusses affirmative action protection for legal and illegal immigrants. (FMW)

The essays in this collection are presented as reflections to accompany an educational guide on the response of the Catholic Christian to immigrants and refugees. The following essays are included: (1) "Refugees Today: Rescue or Containment?" (Richard Ryscavage); (2) "Catholic Church Teachings and Documents Regarding Immigration: Theological…