Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth

Name: Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth
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ISBN: 9780226964836

ISBN-10: 0226964833

ISBN-13: 9780226964836

Edition: 1997

Authors: James Youniss, Miranda Yates

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James Youniss and Miranda Yates present a sophisticated analysis of community service's beneficial effects on adolescents' political and moral identity. Using a case study from a predominantly Black, urban high school in Washington, D.C., Youniss and Yates build on the insights of Erik Erikson on the social and historical nature of identity development. They show that service at a soup kitchen as part of a course on social justice gives youth the opportunity to reflect on their status in society, on how society is organized, on how government should use its power, and on moral principles related to homelessness and poverty. Developing a sense of social responsibility and a civic…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/18/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 194
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface



Service for Today's Youth and for the Right Reasons



Social-Historical Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Service



Community Service at St. Francis High School



Getting to Know Homelessness



Forming a Political Habit



A Moral Gyroscope



On Being a Black American



The Continuing Identity Process: After High School



Ten Ideas for Designing and Implementing Community-Service Programs



Identities in the Making


References


Index