Book Announcement: Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men, by Peter Edelman, Harry Holzer, and Paul Offner

["Popson, Glenn" <GPopson@ui.urban.org>]

The Urban Institute Press is pleased to announce publication of Reconnecting
Disadvantaged Young Men, by Peter Edelman, Harry Holzer, and Paul Offner.

By several recent counts, the United States is home to 2 to 3 million youth
age 16 through 24 who are out of school and out of work Much has been
written on disadvantaged youth, and government policy has gone through many
incarnations, yet questions remain unanswered. Why are so many young people
"disconnected," and what can public policy do about it? And why has
disconnection become more common for young men-particularly African-American
men and low-income men-than for young women? In Reconnecting Disadvantaged
Young Men, Edelman, Holzer, and Offner offer analysis and policy
prescriptions to solve this growing crisis. They carefully examine field
programs and research studies and recommend specific strategies to enhance
education, training, and employment opportunities for disadvantaged youth;
to improve the incentives of less-skilled young workers to accept
employment; and to address the severe barriers and disincentives faced by
some youth, such as ex-offenders and noncustodial fathers. The result is a
clear guidebook for policymakers, and an important distillation for anyone
interested in the plight of today's disconnected youth.  Visit
www.urban.org/pubs/reconnecting/ for more information.

Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men, by Peter Edelman, Harry Holzer, and
Paul Offner, is 6" x 9", 156 pages with index--$26.50 paperback (ISBN
0-87766-728-4). Order online at www.uipress.org or call toll-free
1-877-847-7377; fax (202) 467-5775.  

Review and examination copies are available to journalists, book reviewers,
and instructors who are considering this title for course use.  Contact
Glenn Popson at gpopson@ui.urban.org; telephone (202) 261-5744.
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