Ethnic minority youth in Australia

Table of contents  

The making of ethnic minority youth
Carmel Guerra & Rob White

Part A: Social contexts

Ethnic minority young people
Sue Zelinka

Youth policy & ethnic youth: A history
Geoff Sherington

Robert de Niro's waiting: Media images of ethnicity
Lex Marinos

Should young Australians keep crossing their fingers? Intercultural action for a multicultural world
Des Cahill

Youth & ethnicity: The second generation
Ellie Vasta

Part B: General issues

Cultural difference & Australian feminism
Georgina Tsolidis

Migration, culture & mental health in children & adolescents
Steven Klimidis & I. Harry Minas

Young asylum seekers: Haven or hell?
Robert Ludbrook

Ethnic minority youth & juvenile justice: Beyond the stereotype of ethnic gangs 
Chris Cunneen

Soccer subcultures in Australia
Ian Warren

‘A rainbow in my heart’: Negotiating sexuality & ethnicity
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Part C: Case studies

Islam & education: Muslim youth issues in a remote north-western town
Rebecca Hicks & Alimah Moh'd

Indo-Chinese youth: Issues of culture & justice
Vincent Doan

New clients, old problems: Vietnamese young people's experiences with police 
Eleanor Lyons

Pacific Islander young people: Issues of juvenile justice & cultural dislocation 
Stephen Francis

Ethnicity & gender: The two worlds of Australian Turkish youth
Joy Elley & Christine Inglis

Taking a chance: From overseas to underground: Ethnic young people in a remote mining town
Jim Harvey

Part D: Programs & campaigns

Racism & one response
Sue Zelinka

Collectively reshaping lives: The experience of growing up ‘ethnic’ in Melbourne's west
Helen Rodd

Not pretending, acting: Young people of non-English-speaking background using drama to create change
Francine Seeto

Young refugees & schooling issues
Aline Burgess & Kalliope Christadoulou