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Klappentext 'The book covers a fascinating range of theory, policy and practice research not covered elsewhere in one text. The editors are to be congratulated' - Marian Charlton, Leeds Metropolitan University 'The book offers a broad overview of the issues and literature, and will be of immediate use. It enables students to bring themselves up to date with contemporary concerns and changes in the field of community and youth work' - Jean Spence, University of Durham This authoritative text is a must-read for anyone working - or training to work - with young people. It considers how theory, policy and practice intersect and influence one another in today's challenging and rapidly changing social, economic and political contexts. Offering a timely contribution to the debate, it covers key themes and developments, including: - how we understand the lives of young people - the principles that underpin work with young people - the policy and practice in a wide range of contexts, both national and international - the key concepts currently high on the policy and practice agenda. An essential companion for the professional training of youth workers, this core text will also be of interest and value to students in a wide range of fields such as education, criminology and youth justice, social work, sociology and social policy. Zusammenfassung Brings together a range of issues and themes! and also the challenges that face those who work with young people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The changing context of work with young people Introduction: The changing context of work with young people - Jason Wood and Jean Hine Part One: Theory and Practice Changing Conceptions of Youth in Late Modernity - Alan France Young People's Lives: Taking a different view - Jean Hine Globalisation and Global Youth Work - Jo Aubrey Ethics and Values in Work with Young People - Sarah Banks Anti-Oppressive Practice - agdish Chouhan Educating Youth: Assimilation and the democratic alternative - Derrick Armstrong Social Capital and Young People - Thilo Boeck Community Youth Development - Daniel F. Perkins Young People and Research Participation - Jennie Fleming and Nicky Hudson Part Two: Policy and Practice European Youth Policy and the Place of the United Kingdom - Howard Williamson Education for Effective Citizenship - Jason Wood Risk, Social Policy and Young People - Hazel Kemshall Youth Justice: moving in an anti-social direction - Joe Yates Good Practice in Guidance: Lessons from Connexions - Scott Yates Youth Work and the Youth Service - Bernard Davies Youth Work and the Voluntary Sector - Tom Wylie Modern Youth Work: Purity or common cause? - Malcolm Payne Managing the Tensions - Mary Tyler Working with Young People: Emergent themes - Jean Hine and Jason Wood References ...
