Books written by James Youniss

Renewing Democracy in Young America

Keating and Janmaat (2016) found that youth who had participated in many of the active learning activities envisioned by the new citizenship education requirements (school government, debate teams, and the like) appeared to be more ...
Parents and Peers in Social Development: A Sullivan-Piaget Perspective

In this volume, James Youniss argues that the child's relations with his or her friends and peers make a distinctive and critically important contribution to social development.
Renewing Democracy in Young America

Ladewig, H., & Thomas, J. K. (1987). Does 4-H make a difference? ... Levine, Peter. (2009). “The Civic Opportunity Gap.” Educational Leadership, 66, 20–25. Levine, J. F., Hargett, G., McCann, J. P., Potts, D., & Pierre, S. (2011).
Renewing Democracy in Young America

... C. T., 79 De Graaf, P. M., 73 Deitz, T, 92 Delander, B., 121 Delbanco, A., 7, 135 deliberative democracy, 91–92 Dewan, S., 42 Dewey, John, 62 Diener, E., 41 Diener, M., 41 Donnelly, T. M., 6, 68, 75, 127–128 Duffett, A. M., 68, ...
Engaging Young People in Civic Life

The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective outreach efforts,...
Adolescent Relations with Mothers, Fathers and Friends

Only 2 responses described mothers and sons sharing an activity together other than talking, and 7% of the responses were idiosyncratic. In summary, sons perceive fathers primarily as persons who give them advice or knowledge and as ...
Roots of Civic Identity: International Perspectives on Community Service and Activism in Youth

Miranda Yates and James Youniss have brought together an international collection of essays that describe the state of community participation among the world's youth.
Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth

The impact of experiential education on adolescent development. In D. Conrad and D. Hedin, eds., Child and Youth Services, special issue Youth participation and experiential education, ...
Catholic Schools at the Crossroads: Survival and Transformation

In this water-shed volume, Youniss and Convey call for an immediate reexamination of Catholic schools -- one focused closely on the problems endemic to the schools themselves instead of how they have impacted political issues, such as ...