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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450346003321

Titolo

Youth in cities [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-national perspective / / edited by Marta Tienda, William Julius Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-107-13178-2

1-280-41518-5

1-139-14753-6

0-511-18108-6

0-511-07246-5

0-511-05767-9

0-511-30814-0

0-511-06400-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence

Altri autori (Persone)

TiendaMarta

WilsonWilliam J. <1935->

Disciplina

305.235/09173/2

Soggetti

Urban youth

City children

Youth with social disabilities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.