Children, Youth and the City.

More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. Here, Horschelmann and van Blerk provide a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, how they make sense of it and how they appropriate it through their social actions. Considering the causes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horschelmann, Kathrin
Otros Autores: Van Blerk, Lorraine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008.
Colección:Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city.
Temas:
Children > Social conditions.
Youth > Social conditions.
City and town life.
Sociology, Urban.
Enfants > Conditions sociales.
Vie urbaine.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
Children > Social conditions
City and town life
Sociology, Urban
Youth > Social conditions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Children, Youth and the City; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Imagining children and youth in the city; Chapter 3 The causes and effects of social inequalities on children and youth in the city; Chapter 4 Growing up in the city; Chapter 5 Globalisation and youth culture; Chapter 6 Participation and active citizenship in the city; Chapter 7 Conclusion; References; Index.

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