Social Youth Entrepreneurship: The Potential for Youth and Community Transformation

by Melvin Delgado

Overview

Establishes an agenda for integrating education, social work, and small business programs to create economic opportunities for urban youth and their communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313072758
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/30/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	284 KB

About the Author

MELVIN DELGADO is a faculty member and chair of Boston University's Macro-Practice Department at the School of Social Work, where he specializes in issues of youth development in urban communities. He has written several books and publishes extensively in the areas of social work practice in nontraditional settings. Recently, Dr. Delgado was awarded a grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to establish the Boston University Social Work Minority Research Center for Research and Training in Urban Communities of Color.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
Part I	Setting the Context	1
Chapter 1	Setting the Context for Social Youth Entrepreneurship	3
Chapter 2	What Is Youth Development?	19
Chapter 3	Emerging Paradigms and Youth Development	41
Chapter 4	The Challenges for Marginalized Youth	55
Part II	The World of Career, Work, and Social Entrepreneurship	75
Chapter 5	Transition from School to Career: Challenges, Obstacles, and Possibilities	77
Chapter 6	Entrepreneurship: The Foundation for Social Youth Entrepreneurship	97
Chapter 7	Social Youth Entrepreneurship: Definition, Values, Goals, Elements, and Approaches/Considerations	107
Part III	Case Examples from the Field	133
Chapter 8	Food from the 'Hood, Los Angeles	135
Chapter 9	Young Aspirations/Young Artists (YA/YA), New Orleans	151
Part IV	Lessons Learned and Recommendations	167
Chapter 10	Summary of Lessons from the Field	169
Chapter 11	Implications for Youth and Career Development: Field Practice, Professional Education, and Research/Scholarship	177
	References	185
	Name Index	209
	Subject Index	217