ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the interrelationships among the variables in the neocolonial model. It argues that perceived economic oppression is the primary measure of oppression for the neocolonial model. The large number of endogenous variables in the neocolonial model makes testing interrelationships somewhat cumbersome. In Losing Generations: Adolescents in High-Risk Settings, the National Research Council argues that family income is the single most important factor in determining the setting where children and adolescent spend their lives. More importantly, for African American youths the data show the hypothesized inverse effect of alienation on assimilation and positive effect of alienation on serious delinquency. For White youths, alienation from the racial or social group also has significant positive effects on moderate and minor delinquency, property crimes and alcohol use. When the causal model is estimated using the other measures of alienation, the path between alienation and delinquency remains insignificant regardless of the measure of delinquency being used.
