Youth in cities : a cross-national perspective /
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
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| Description: | xii, 288 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4781549 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Setting the Context
- 1. Comparative perspectives of urban youth
- Part II. Youth as a Force for Social Change
- 2. Steering by the stars
- 3. Children show the way
- 4. Adolescents as collaborators
- Part III. Urban Youth Experiences in Cross-cultural Perspective
- 5. Have cities ceased to function as integration machines?
- 6. From street children to all children
- 7. Youth crime, community development
- 8. Youth violence prevention in America
- 9. Social learning and community participation
- Part IV. Work, Life Skills and Well-being
- 10. Work by the young
- 11. Program for life skills
- 12. Youth in cities: signs of hope and stress
