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Andresen, William; Dallapiazza, Margaret; Calvert, Matthew – New Directions for Youth Development, 2013
This chapter focuses on two remote rural communities that engaged young people in meaningful community development efforts to build social capital. One community connected youth to the assets of the community and created opportunities for young adults to strengthen social networks. The other created partnerships and networks to build…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Community Development, Citizen Participation, Social Capital
Zeldin, Shepherd; Camino, Linda; Calvert, Matthew – Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
For more than a decade, many researchers and practitioners have endorsed a "positive youth development" approach, which views adolescents as active contributors to their own development and as assets to their communities. As part of this shift, youth are increasingly being invited to engage in community governance. In youth…
Descriptors: Governance, Youth Leaders, Policy Formation, Cultural Context