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This volume builds understanding of practices in youth and community development that create or build social capital assets at the individual, group, and community levels.
List of contents
Issue Editors' Notes 1 Matthew Calvert, Mary Emery, Sharon Kinsey Executive Summary 9 1. Social capital: Its constructs and survey development 15 Richard P. Enfield, Keith C. Nathaniel Developing a strategy for measuring social capital among youth clarifies the construct and practice. 2. Measuring social capital change using ripple mapping 31 Barbara Baker, Elaine M. Johannes Ripple mapping can help youth envision the impact of developing social capital. 3. Social capital and youth development: Toward a typology of program practices 49 Mary Emery This article presents a typology of youth programming related to opportunities to develop social capital. 4. Using multiple youth programming delivery modes to drive the development of social capital in 4-H participants 61 Sharon Kinsey 4-H activities exemplify methods to build social capital. 5. A community development approach to service-learning: Building social capital between rural youth and adults 75 Steven A. Henness, Anna L. Ball, MaryJo Moncheski Community service-learning supports the building of social capital between youth and adults. 6. Social capital and vulnerability from the family, neighborhood, school, and community perspectives 97 Bonita Williams, Suzanne M. Le Menestrel This article provides examples of how the development of social capital can benefit vulnerable youth. 7. Engaging underrepresented youth populations in community youth development: Tapping social capital as a critical resource 109 Nancy Erbstein An intentional focus on social capital in community initiatives facilitates the engagement of underrepresented youth. 8. Engaging young people as a community development strategy in the Wisconsin Northwoods 125 William Andresen, Margaret Dallapiazza, Matthew Calvert This article describes strategies to make communities more hospitable to young people in order to reverse the brain drain and increase community vibrancy. Index 141
Summary
This volume builds understanding of practices in youth and community development that create or build social capital assets at the individual, group, and community levels.
