Youth Development and Critical Education : The Promise of Democratic Action
Overview
Profiles programs for economically disadvantaged, inner-city youth engaged in neighborhood revitalization and community organization programs. Public policy debates about urban crime and the fate of America's crumbling inner cities suggest a need to consider solutions that create conditions for sustainable community development -- where youths join with caring adults in intergenerational coalitions at the grassroots. Using a field-based approach, the author reviews over two dozen youth development projects in non-school and after-school settings. The analyses of these programs examine how young people might achieve a level of economic and political self-determination and community control, as well as personal fulfillment coupled with healthy adolescent growth. Once empowered with critical insights, young people can exhibit positive, real-life displays of their visions, dreams and ambitions.
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- ISBN-13: 9780791433508
- ISBN-10: 0791433501
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publish Date: March 1997
- Dimensions: 8.86 x 5.82 x 0.45 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 181
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