| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
992830
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b747200
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Youth in cities : : a cross-national perspective /\ edited by Marta Tienda, William Julius Wilson.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2002.
|
| Series Statement
|
:
|
The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) :: illustrations
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0511064004
|
|
|
:
|
: 0511072465
|
|
|
:
|
: 0511181086
|
|
|
:
|
: 0521005817
|
|
|
:
|
: 0521809088
|
|
|
:
|
: 1139147536
|
|
|
:
|
: 1280415185
|
|
|
:
|
: 6610415188
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780511064005
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780511072468
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780511181085
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780521005814
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780521809085
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781139147538
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781280415180
|
|
|
:
|
: 9786610415182
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
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.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
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.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
City children, Cross-cultural studies.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Urban youth, Cross-cultural studies.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Youth with social disabilities, Cross-cultural studies.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Adolescent Behavior.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Social Change.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Social Environment.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Urban Population.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
City children.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Life Stages-- Adolescence.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Life Stages-- Teenagers.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Urban youth.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Youth with social disabilities.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Jeugd.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Sociale problemen.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Steden.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Vergelijkend onderzoek.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
305.235/09173/2
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
HQ796.Y5935 2002eb
|
| NLM classification
|
:
|
71.35bcl
|
|
|
:
|
C913.5clc
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Tienda, Marta.
|
|
|
:
|
Wilson, William J.,1935-
|