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Youth, Globalization, and the Law
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Artikel-Nr:
9780804754736
Veröffentl:
2006
Erscheinungsdatum:
13.12.2006
Seiten:
384
Autor:
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Gewicht:
630 g
Format:
237x161x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh is Associate Professor of Sociology; Director of Research in the Institute for Research in African-American Studies; and Director of the Center for Urban Research and Policy at Columbia University. He is the author of American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto (2002). Ronald Kassimir is Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Political Science at the New School for Social Research. He is a co-editor of Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia (2005).
This book addresses the impact of globalization on the lives of youth, focusing on the role of legal institutions and discourses. As practices and ideas travel the globe--such as the promotion and transmission of zero tolerance and retributive justice programs, the near ubiquitous acceptance of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the transnational migration of street gangs--the legal arena is being transformed.>