| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence
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Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban youth -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Urban youth. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
City children -- Cross-cultural studies.
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City children. |
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Youth with social disabilities -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Youth with social disabilities. |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Tienda, Marta.
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Wilson, William J., 1935-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Youth in cities. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 (DLC) 2002073750 |
| ISBN |
0521809088 |
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9780521809085 |
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0521005817 (paperback) |
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9780521005814 (paperback) |
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0511072465 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511072468 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511064004 (electronic book) |
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9780511064005 (electronic book) |
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0511181086 (electronic book) |
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9780511181085 (electronic book) |
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1280415185 |
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9781280415180 |
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