List of Contributors

Foreword

Klaus J. Jacobs

I. Setting the Context

Comparative Perspectives of Urban Youth: Challenges for Normative Development

Marta Tienda

William Julius Wilson

II. Youth as a Force for Social Change

Steering by the Stars: Youth in Cities

Mamphela Ramphele

Children Show the Way: Participatory Programs for Children of South African Streets and Squatter Camps

Jill Swart-Kruger

Louise Chawla

Adolescents as Collaborators: In Search of Well-Being

Felton Earls

Mary Carlson

III. Urban Youth Experiences in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Have Cities Ceased to Function as ``Integration Machines'' for Young People?

Wilhelm Heitmeyer

From Street Children to All Children: Improving the Opportunities of Low-Income Urban Children and Youth in Brazil

Irene Rizzini

Gary Barker

Neide Cassaniga

Youth Crime, Community Development, and Social Justice

Robert White

Youth Violence Prevention in America: Lessons from 15 Years of Public Health Prevention Work

Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Social Learning and Community Participation with Children at Risk in Two Marginalized Urban Neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan

Curtis N. Rhodes, Jr.

Haytham A. Mihyar

Ghada Abu El-Rous

IV. Work, Life Skills, and Well-Being

Work by the Young: The Economic Activity of School-Aged Children

Jim McKechnie

Sandy Hobbs

Life Skills for Ugandan Youth

Fred Ogwal-Oyee

V. Prospect and Retrospect

Prospect and Retrospect: Options for Healthy Youth Development in Changing Urban Worlds

Marta Tienda

William Julius Wilson

Index