Dorothy, there is no yellow brick road: The paradox of community youth development approaches for Latino and African American urban youth

Organized Activities As Contexts of Development: Extracurricular Activities, After School and Community Programs

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 111-129

  Villarruel, Francisco A ^a   Montero Sieburth, Martha ^b   Dunbar, Christopher ^a   Outley, Corliss Wilson ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612748     Document Type: Chapter

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