Social youth entrepreneurship : the potential for youth and community transformation / / by Melvin Delgado

• Autore: Delgado Melvin
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2004; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7
• Soggetto topico: Community development - United States; School-to-work transition - United States; Young adult-owned business enterprises - United States; Youth development - United States; Youth with social disabilities - Employment - United States; Youth - Services for - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-208) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I: SETTING THE CONTEXT; PART II: THE WORLD OF CAREER, WORK, AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; PART III: CASE EXAMPLES FROM THE FIELD; PART IV: LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS; References; Name Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Youth policies in the United States-especially for economically and socially disadvantaged children-are often characterized as fragmented, inadequate, antiquated, misguided, and, at worst, negligent or even harmful. The primary systems mandated to serve youth often coexist as if in parallel universes, often at odds with each other regarding goals, priorities, and resources. To address these deep-seated problems and propose a dynamic alternative, Delgado applies extensive field research and insights from economics, urban studies, social work, and psychology, to introduce a new paradigm, social
• Titolo autorizzato: Social youth entrepreneurship
• ISBN: 979-82-16-01615-1; 1-282-41020-2; 9786612410208; 0-313-07275-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828275203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II