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Engaging Young People in Civic Life
The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective …
Verbal Interaction and Development in Families with Adolescents
A study of verbal interaction and development in families with adolescents. Topics covered include: the transformation of mother-daughter relationships in late childhood; the …
Adolescent Relations with Mothers, Fathers and Friends
After interviews with teenagers, Youniss and Smollar find that, though adolescents seek independence from the parent-child bond, they do not abandon the relationship. "A must for …
Engaging Young People in Civic Life
The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective …
Psychological Responses to Social Change
Renewing Democracy in Young America
With a government plagued by systemic ills and deep ideological divides, democracy, as we know it, is in jeopardy. Yet, ironically, voter apathy remains prevalent and evidence …
Roots of Civic Identity
Miranda Yates and James Youniss have brought together an international collection of essays that describe the state of community participation among the world’s youth. Authors from …
Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth
This is an analysis of the beneficial effects of community service on the political and moral identity of adolescents. This text uses a case study from a predominantly black, urban …
Renewing Democracy in Young America
With a government plagued by systemic ills and deep ideological divides, democracy, as we know it, is in jeopardy. Yet, ironically, voter apathy remains prevalent and evidence …
Parents and Peers in Social Development
Most studies of social development in children have relied on the assumption that adults' instructions to children pass on knowledge of the rules of behavior which govern and …