Youth-led community organizing
Subtitle: theory and action
By: Melvin Delgado, Lee Staples
Contributors: Staples, Lee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780195182767
Subjects: Youth movements; Youth in development; Youth development; Community organization; Young volunteers in community development; Social action
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-248) and index
Table of contents: title: Setting the context; title: Overview of youth-led community organizing; title: Social and economic justice foundation; title: Overview of community organizing, youth-led field, and youth-led organizing; title: Conceptual foundation for youth-led community organizing; title: Guiding principles and analytical framework; title: Participatory democracy; title: Leadership development; title: Recruitment, screening, preparation, and support of youth-led community organizers; title: Crosscutting theoretical and practice themes; title: A view and lessons from the field; title: Youth first in Jackson Square! (¡jovenes primero!); title: Challenges inherent in youth-led organizing; title: Epilogue