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- catalog abstract ""This volume compares the circumstances of urban youth from a cross-national perspective, illustrating the formidable challenges faced by young people trying to define their place in a rapidly changing world. Using both comparative evidence and case studies, this volume illustrates the common needs of youth throughout the world, despite the highly varied sociocultural circumstances in which they develop, and makes a case for the role of youth as creative social assets and positive forces for social change."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12666921.
- catalog contributor b12666922.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""This volume compares the circumstances of urban youth from a cross-national perspective, illustrating the formidable challenges faced by young people trying to define their place in a rapidly changing world. Using both comparative evidence and case studies, this volume illustrates the common needs of youth throughout the world, despite the highly varied sociocultural circumstances in which they develop, and makes a case for the role of youth as creative social assets and positive forces for social change."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 288 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521005817 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0521809088".
- catalog isPartOf "Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "305.235/09173/2 21".
- catalog subject "Adolescent Behavior.".
- catalog subject "City children Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog subject "Cross-Cultural Comparison.".
- catalog subject "HQ796 .Y5935 2002".
- catalog subject "Social Change.".
- catalog subject "Social Environment.".
- catalog subject "Urban Population.".
- catalog subject "Urban youth Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog subject "Youth with social disabilities Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Youth in cities : a cross-national perspective / edited by Marta Tienda, William Julius Wilson.".
- catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".