Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth (Critical Youth Studies) (Hardcover)

~ Pedro Noguera (Editor), Julio Cammarota (Editor), Shawn Ginwright (Editor) "The 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 2004 connected two contrasting moments of ideological conflict and struggle..." (more)
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This volume examines some of the ways in which young people across the United States are being engaged in school reform and community activism --Theory Into Practice: Urban Education

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Over the past decade, urban communities have experienced unprecedented social, economic, and political transformation. Globalization and de-industrialization have contributed to the exodus of jobs, produced higher levels of inequality, and consequent, furthered marginalization of the urban poor. Urban youth have been particularly affected by this transformation. The failure of urban school districts and the lack of jobs, health services and effective prevention and intervention programs have placed large numbers of low-income urban youth at risk. In the absence of policies and institutions that respond to the needs of youth, a climate of fear focused particularly on responding to fears of youth crime has also shaped a national consciousness about urban communities and the youth within them.
Urban Youth and Community Change brings together work by leading scholars who study urban youth and who have a grounded knowledge of the issues they face. A commitment to social justice and equity is a unifying theme for this volume, and each of the authors examines to varying degrees how such values and commitments can be incorporated into public policy. The goal of this edited volume is to draw on the knowledge and expertise of these scholars from various academic disciplines and to share with policymakers and the general public insights into the impact of punitive/zero tolerance policies on young people's educational experience and well being. These chapters also offer new ideas about how to support youth placed at risk by deteriorating circumstances in urban areas and offers recommendations on how to create more humane and responsive youth policies at the local, state and federal level.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415952506
• ISBN-13: 978-0415952507
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,111,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Broad, poignant and challenging, March 28, 2007

By	Adam Fletcher (Olympia, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth (Critical Youth Studies) (Paperback)

For youth workers with a preconceived notion about the roles of young people in society, this collection may be challenging. For teachers who think they know the power of students, Ginwright may be shocking. For young people who think they understanding "the movement", this book may be eye-opening. Ginwright collects dozens of the best examples of youth-led and youth-driven activism and refines them to their finest points, charging the reader to do more than complain about apathy or revel in cynicism. He leaves us no choice other than getting up to do something. Thanks Shawn - we need that. This book is an incredible read for anyone interested in the movement at any level. Before this book the reader might want to see Global Uprising : Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century : Stories from a New Generation of Activists; after it you might want to reference Future 500: Youth Organizing and Activism in the United States.

4.0 out of 5 stars Beyone Resistance, February 4, 2009

By	C. Adair - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth (Critical Youth Studies) (Paperback)

Bought this for a young man spending a little time in jail as something, hopefully productive, for him to read. He said it is dense reading, but he's enjoying it.