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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.235/09173/2
• Soggetto topico: Urban youth; City children; Youth with social disabilities
• Altri autori: TiendaMarta WilsonWilliam J. <1935->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Youth in cities
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783230103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence.