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Title:

Youth in cities : a cross-national perspective / edited by Marta Tienda, William Julius Wilson.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xii, 288 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Urban youth--Cross-cultural studies.
City children.--Cross-cultural studies.
Youth with social disabilities--Cross-cultural studies.

Other Authors:

Tienda, Marta.
Wilson, William J., 1935-

Notes:

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 ... [et al.] -- 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.

Series:

The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence

ISBN:

9780521005814 (pbk.)
0521005817 (pbk.)
9780521809085
0521809088

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50079779

LCCN:

2002073750

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)