Author: Kathrin Horschelmann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134184131
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. Here, Horschelmann and van Blerk provide a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, how they make sense of it and how they appropriate it through their social actions. Considering the causes and forms of social inequalities in relation to class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, ability and geographical location, this book discusses specific issues such as poverty, homelessness and work. Each chapter draws on examples and cases from both the developed and developing world, and throughout the chapters, it: contrasts experiences of growing up in the city focuses on urban youth culture, consumption and globalization considers contemporary movements towards the role of children and youths in planning processes. Horschelmann and van Blerk argue that youths must be recognised as urban social agents in their own right. Their informative book, though dealing with complex theoretical arguments, relates key ideas to this topical subject in a clear and coherent manner, making this book an excellent resource for students of human geography, urban studies and childhood studies.
Children, Youth and the City
Author: Kathrin Horschelmann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134184131
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. Here, Horschelmann and van Blerk provide a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, how they make sense of it and how they appropriate it through their social actions. Considering the causes and forms of social inequalities in relation to class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, ability and geographical location, this book discusses specific issues such as poverty, homelessness and work. Each chapter draws on examples and cases from both the developed and developing world, and throughout the chapters, it: contrasts experiences of growing up in the city focuses on urban youth culture, consumption and globalization considers contemporary movements towards the role of children and youths in planning processes. Horschelmann and van Blerk argue that youths must be recognised as urban social agents in their own right. Their informative book, though dealing with complex theoretical arguments, relates key ideas to this topical subject in a clear and coherent manner, making this book an excellent resource for students of human geography, urban studies and childhood studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134184131
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. Here, Horschelmann and van Blerk provide a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, how they make sense of it and how they appropriate it through their social actions. Considering the causes and forms of social inequalities in relation to class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, ability and geographical location, this book discusses specific issues such as poverty, homelessness and work. Each chapter draws on examples and cases from both the developed and developing world, and throughout the chapters, it: contrasts experiences of growing up in the city focuses on urban youth culture, consumption and globalization considers contemporary movements towards the role of children and youths in planning processes. Horschelmann and van Blerk argue that youths must be recognised as urban social agents in their own right. Their informative book, though dealing with complex theoretical arguments, relates key ideas to this topical subject in a clear and coherent manner, making this book an excellent resource for students of human geography, urban studies and childhood studies.
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
Author: Jane Addams
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In 1909, when this book was first published, Jane Addams was the most famous woman in America. A celebrity and a spiritual leader, Addams was widely regarded as practical, realistic, and endowed with a special insight into the problems of urban America.The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets -- her favorite of her own books -- establishes Addams as an accomplished writer as well as a reformer. In this compact volume she examines the causes for the discontent of youth in the city, chiding educators for their "persistent blindness to youth's most obvious needs".Addams argues for the importance of providing direction and focus -- for example, through public recreation, practical education, and experiences in the arts -- for the pent-up energies of young men and women. She takes a realistic view of their basic social and sexual drives and their disaffection and alienation in an industrial world. At the same time, she rejects the hereditary explanations for delinquency that prevailed in her day.The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets is suffused with Addams's abiding compassion and tempered with her pragmatism and humor. Allen F. Davis's introduction provides a biographical profile of Addams and a commentary on her importance as a writer and a social activist.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In 1909, when this book was first published, Jane Addams was the most famous woman in America. A celebrity and a spiritual leader, Addams was widely regarded as practical, realistic, and endowed with a special insight into the problems of urban America.The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets -- her favorite of her own books -- establishes Addams as an accomplished writer as well as a reformer. In this compact volume she examines the causes for the discontent of youth in the city, chiding educators for their "persistent blindness to youth's most obvious needs".Addams argues for the importance of providing direction and focus -- for example, through public recreation, practical education, and experiences in the arts -- for the pent-up energies of young men and women. She takes a realistic view of their basic social and sexual drives and their disaffection and alienation in an industrial world. At the same time, she rejects the hereditary explanations for delinquency that prevailed in her day.The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets is suffused with Addams's abiding compassion and tempered with her pragmatism and humor. Allen F. Davis's introduction provides a biographical profile of Addams and a commentary on her importance as a writer and a social activist.
Sociological Research and Urban Children and Youth
Author: Rachel Berman
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1801174466
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Recognizing the potential research with and about young people can have in decision making on multiple levels of policy and service provision, this book provides a key foundation for considering the influence of urban environments on young people, and vice versa.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1801174466
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Recognizing the potential research with and about young people can have in decision making on multiple levels of policy and service provision, this book provides a key foundation for considering the influence of urban environments on young people, and vice versa.
Safeguards for City Youth at Work and at Play
Author: Louise de Koven Bowen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Street Kids
Author: Kristina E. Gibson
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814732275
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are living out in public spaces, if not always in the public eye. Street Kids opens a window to the largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and compelling narratives to give new insight into the experiences of youth homelessness and youth outreach. Kristina Gibson argues that the enforcement of quality of life ordinances in New York City has spurred hyper-mobility amongst the city’s street youth population and has serious implications for social work with homeless youth. Youth in motion have become socially invisible and marginalized from public spaces where social workers traditionally contact them, jeopardizing their access to the already limited opportunities to escape street life. The culmination of a multi-year ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and ‘their kids’ on the streets of New York City, Street Kids illustrates the critical role that public space regulations and policing play in shaping the experience of youth homelessness and the effectiveness of street outreach.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814732275
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are living out in public spaces, if not always in the public eye. Street Kids opens a window to the largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and compelling narratives to give new insight into the experiences of youth homelessness and youth outreach. Kristina Gibson argues that the enforcement of quality of life ordinances in New York City has spurred hyper-mobility amongst the city’s street youth population and has serious implications for social work with homeless youth. Youth in motion have become socially invisible and marginalized from public spaces where social workers traditionally contact them, jeopardizing their access to the already limited opportunities to escape street life. The culmination of a multi-year ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and ‘their kids’ on the streets of New York City, Street Kids illustrates the critical role that public space regulations and policing play in shaping the experience of youth homelessness and the effectiveness of street outreach.
Books for Leaders who Work with Children and Youth
Author: American Library Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Children, Youth, and Families in the Northeast
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Youth in Foster Care
Author: Bonita Evans
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815330202
Category : Assimilation (Sociology)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Examines the plight of minority children taken from inner cities and placed in foster care in rural areas. Based on case studies, interviews, observation, and secondary sources, shows how they become confused and afraid, are subject to traumatic emotional states, and are often diagnosed with emotional problems and put in special education classes because their social skills are different from their country classmates. Revised from a 1996 Ph.D. dissertation for Walden University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815330202
Category : Assimilation (Sociology)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Examines the plight of minority children taken from inner cities and placed in foster care in rural areas. Based on case studies, interviews, observation, and secondary sources, shows how they become confused and afraid, are subject to traumatic emotional states, and are often diagnosed with emotional problems and put in special education classes because their social skills are different from their country classmates. Revised from a 1996 Ph.D. dissertation for Walden University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Youth in Cities
Author: Marta Tienda
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521005814
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521005814
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher Description
Children of the City
Author: Tiffany Pastor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996069823
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The YOUTH EDITION of CHILDREN of the CITY has been created for teenage readers, but still addresses tragic issues in our world today and serves as a learning tool. ”””””””””> THE STORY. No one was looking for them. They were invisible. When local reporter, Kayla Barrington, crossed paths with an orphan boy on the streets of Denver, Colorado, she didn't know the world of human trafficking hid in her city. Under the facade, a highly networked trafficking ring was thriving at the exploitation of children all over Denver. Darkness couldn't stay quiet forever, and when Kayla was tipped off, a desperate search began. What started with one boy, led to a destiny of rescue and redemption. No one else knew these children were there. And she couldn't walk away.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996069823
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The YOUTH EDITION of CHILDREN of the CITY has been created for teenage readers, but still addresses tragic issues in our world today and serves as a learning tool. ”””””””””> THE STORY. No one was looking for them. They were invisible. When local reporter, Kayla Barrington, crossed paths with an orphan boy on the streets of Denver, Colorado, she didn't know the world of human trafficking hid in her city. Under the facade, a highly networked trafficking ring was thriving at the exploitation of children all over Denver. Darkness couldn't stay quiet forever, and when Kayla was tipped off, a desperate search began. What started with one boy, led to a destiny of rescue and redemption. No one else knew these children were there. And she couldn't walk away.