ISBN:
9780511072468
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (304 p.))
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Series Statement:
The Jacobs Foundation Series on Adolescence
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Youth in cities
DDC:
305.235
Keywords:
Urban youth
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1 Regional economics--Statistics--Periodicals.; 2 Steering by the Stars; 3 Children Show the Way; 4 Adolescents as Collaborators; 5 Have Cities Ceased to Function as "Integration Machines" for Young People?; 6 From Street Children to All Children; 7 Youth Crime, Community Development, and Social Justice; 8 Youth Violence Prevention in America; 9 Social Learning and Community Participation with Children at Risk in Two Marginalized Urban Neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan; 10 Work by the Young. - 11 Life Skills for Ugandan Youth12 Prospect and Retrospect; Index. - 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
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1 Regional economics--Statistics--Periodicals.; 2 Steering by the Stars; 3 Children Show the Way; 4 Adolescents as Collaborators; 5 Have Cities Ceased to Function as "Integration Machines" for Young People?; 6 From Street Children to All Children; 7 Youth Crime, Community Development, and Social Justice; 8 Youth Violence Prevention in America; 9 Social Learning and Community Participation with Children at Risk in Two Marginalized Urban Neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan; 10 Work by the Young
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Life Skills for Ugandan Youth12 Prospect and Retrospect; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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