Youth-led community organizing : theory and action / Melvin Delgado, Lee Staples.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Delgado, Melvin.

Contributor:

• Staples, Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Youth movements.
• Youth in development.
• Youth development.
• Community organization.
• Young volunteers in community development.
• Social action.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Youth-led organizing is increasingly receiving attention from scholars, activists, and the media. Delgado and Staples have produced the first comprehensive study of this dynamic field. Their well-organized book takes an important step toward bridging the gap between academic knowledge and community practice in this growing area.

Contents:

• Setting the context
• Overview of youth-led community organizing
• Social and economic justice foundation
• Overview of community organizing, youth-led field, and youth-led organizing
• Conceptual foundation for youth-led community organizing
• Guiding principles and analytical framework
• Participatory democracy
• Leadership development
• Recruitment, screening, preparation, and support of youth-led community organizers
• Crosscutting theoretical and practice themes
• A view and lessons from the field
• Youth first in Jackson Square! (Bjovenes primero!)
• Challenges inherent in youth-led organizing
• Epilogue.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-248) and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

• 0-19-029298-9
• 1-281-16256-6
• 0-19-804031-8
• 9786611162566
• 1-4356-0538-1

OCLC:

252690477