| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence |
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Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence.
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| 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 |
| Analysis |
Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban youth -- Cross-cultural studies
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City children -- Cross-cultural studies
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Youth with social disabilities -- Cross-cultural studies
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City dwellers.
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Social ecology.
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Social change.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Urban Population
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Adolescent Behavior
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Social Environment
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Social Change
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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human ecology.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
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Social ecology
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Social change
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Cross-cultural studies
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City dwellers
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City children
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Urban youth
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Youth with social disabilities
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Jeugd.
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Steden.
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Sociale problemen.
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Vergelijkend onderzoek.
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tienda, Marta.
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Wilson, William J., 1935-
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| ISBN |
0521809088 |
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9780521809085 |
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0521005817 |
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9780521005814 |
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0511072465 |
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9780511072468 |
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0511064004 |
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9780511064005 |
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0511181086 |
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9780511181085 |
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1280415185 |
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9781280415180 |
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9786610415182 |
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6610415188 |
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9781139147538 |
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1139147536 |
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