This book is a valuable resource for secondary social studies teachers; school district curriculum coordinators; youth workers; university faculty in political theory, democratic theory, youth studies, child and youth care, recreational studies, public health, education, and social work; youth and community organizers; and program directors and managers in community-based youth services.
This book was published as a special issue of Child and Youth Services.
Ross VeLure Roholt is Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, Youth Studies. He has studied and consulted on youth civic engagement and participatory youth work in the United States, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Palestine and Israel.
Michael Baizerman has a long and distinguished scholarly record in the Youth Studies field. As a professor at the University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, Youth Studies, he has written widely on the topic of youth, young people and youth work and has spoken widely on work with youth and youth work professional development.
R. W. Hildreth is Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University, Department of Political Science. He too has studied and consulted widely on youth civic engagement, providing technical assistance to youth programs throughout the United States and internationally.