This volume builds understanding of practices in youth and community development that create or build social capital assets at the individual, group, and commun

Social capital arising from social networks based on trust has been traditionally seen as the property of adults from which the younger generation gain benefit.

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a

The current situation for poor adolescents in the United States is reviewed in this collection of essays, and some strategies and insights for policymakers are