Bernard Davies & Janet Batsleer 
What is Youth Work? [EPUB ebook] 

With the proposed development of the ′youth professional′ and the consolidation of graduate professional qualifications, this is an important time for youth work. This book sets out the current state of debate about youth work for those considering, or about to embark on, a degree course. Contemporary debates in youth work are explored, and help to give students a sense of its history and its future contribution. By combining the experience of its editors and the contemporaneous experience of the voices of contributors, this book provides an excellent introduction to work as a youth worker in the twenty-first century.

Table of Content

What do we mean by youth work?

Policy analysis: a first and vital skill of practice

Participation

Youth work as border pedagogy

Detached youth work

Creativity and partnership

Youth work practice within integrated youth support services

Targeting for youth workers

Developing global literacy and competence in youth work

Youth work with girls: a feminist perspective

Anti-racism to community cohesion

Youth work and the surveillance state

Youth work prospects: back to the future?

About the author

Janet Batsleer is Principal Lecturer and Head of Youth and Community Work at Manchester Metropolitan University.