Comparative perspectives of urban youth / Marta Tienda and William Julius Wilson -- Steering by the stars / Mamphela Ramphele -- Children show the way / Jill Swart-Kruger and Louise Chawla -- Adolescents as collaborators / Felton Earls and Mary Carlson -- Have cities ceased to function as "integration machines" for young people? / Wilhelm Heitmeyer -- From street children to all children / Irene Rizzini, Gary Barker, and Neide Cassaniga -- Youth crime, community development, and social justice / Robert White -- Youth violence prevention in America / Deborah Prothrow-Stith -- Social learning and community participation with children at risk in two marginalized urban neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan / Curtis N. Rhodes [and others] -- Work by the young / Jim McKechnie and Sandy Hobbs -- Life skills for Ugandan youth / Fred Ogwal-Oyee -- Prospect and retrospect / Marta Tienda and William Julius Wilson.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Using both comparative evidence and case studies, this volume illustrates the common needs of youth throughout the world, despite the highly varied socio-cultural circumstances in which they develop, and makes a case for the role of youth as creative social assets and positive forces for social change.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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DA77D749-B2BC-41D8-BFDC-FA8A075DEB4F
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Title
Youth in cities.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
City children, Cross-cultural studies.
Urban youth, Cross-cultural studies.
Youth with social disabilities, Cross-cultural studies.
Adolescent Behavior.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Social Change.
Social Environment.
Urban Population.
City children.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Life Stages-- Adolescence.