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Urban Sanctuaries: Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures of Inner-City Youth
Milbrey W. McLaughlin
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Description for Urban Sanctuaries: Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures of Inner-City Youth
Paperback. Presenting a look at inner-city youth programs, this book analyses the strategies of community leaders and organizations. It also describes how these leaders create and sustain youth programs in spite of enormous challenges. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSP1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
A comprehensive look at inner-city youth programs. Urban Sanctuaries analyzes the strategies of community leaders and organizations. The author describes how these leaders create and sustain youth programs in spite of enormous challenges.
A comprehensive look at inner-city youth programs. Urban Sanctuaries analyzes the strategies of community leaders and organizations. The author describes how these leaders create and sustain youth programs in spite of enormous challenges.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787959418
SKU
V9780787959418
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Ref
99-50
About Milbrey W. McLaughlin
MILBREY W. MCLAUGHLIN is the David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University. MERITA A. IRBY is cofounder and director of programs for the Forum for Youth Investments, an initiative of the International Youth Foundation. JULIET LANGMAN is assistant professor of bicultural-bilingual studies at the University of Texas, San Antonio.
Reviews for Urban Sanctuaries: Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures of Inner-City Youth
"This book is a beam of light in the dark world of inner-city youth, and as beams of light often do, it shows the way."
from the foreword by John W. Gardner, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and founder of Common Cause "Urban Sanctuaries is a well-written, absorbing account of an ... Read more
from the foreword by John W. Gardner, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and founder of Common Cause "Urban Sanctuaries is a well-written, absorbing account of an ... Read more