Youth in cities a cross-national perspective

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 chan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Tienda, Marta (-), Wilson, William J., 1935-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2002.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798223106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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