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Youth Work
Global Futures
There is on-going debate in youth and community work regarding its future. Driven by processes of neo-liberal governmentality, youth work has been bent in new and uncomfortable directions. For many, this threatens the very telos of praxis. However, despite this, a passionate commitment to youth workâs values and approaches doggedly remains.
This edited volume invites academics working in different continents and contexts to move beyond a critique of youth workâs current state, towards imagining different professional futures. Rooted in the professionâs historic values, and drawing on the distinct political and cultural environments that have shaped youth work practice in different global locations, the authors explore possible new routes and approaches for the profession. These discussions are located geographically (in a devolved United Kingdom, Europe, United States, Australasia, and the Developing/Majority world) as well as across different sectors and approaches (voluntary sector, faith sector, online, young womenâs work). The result is a rich picture of global practice. This provides both depth and perspective from which to gain new insights regarding possibilities for future practices, which imagine fairer and more participative societies.
This edited volume invites academics working in different continents and contexts to move beyond a critique of youth workâs current state, towards imagining different professional futures. Rooted in the professionâs historic values, and drawing on the distinct political and cultural environments that have shaped youth work practice in different global locations, the authors explore possible new routes and approaches for the profession. These discussions are located geographically (in a devolved United Kingdom, Europe, United States, Australasia, and the Developing/Majority world) as well as across different sectors and approaches (voluntary sector, faith sector, online, young womenâs work). The result is a rich picture of global practice. This provides both depth and perspective from which to gain new insights regarding possibilities for future practices, which imagine fairer and more participative societies.
Graham Bright is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies and Youth and Community Work at York St John University, UK. His PhD with Durham University explores youth workersâ life and practice narratives. Graham is editor of Youth Work: Histories, Policy and Contexts (Palgrave, 2015). His practice continues to support work in the voluntary and faith sectors.
Carole Pugh is Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at York St John University, UK. Prior to this she worked as a Youth Worker in Local Authority contexts. Her PhD at Huddersfield University explores youth workâs capacity to support the political engagement of young people.
Carole Pugh is Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at York St John University, UK. Prior to this she worked as a Youth Worker in Local Authority contexts. Her PhD at Huddersfield University explores youth workâs capacity to support the political engagement of young people.
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âGraham Bright and Carole Pugh
1 On Critical Beginnings: How We Got to Where We Are
âBernard Davies and Tony Taylor
2 Contrasting Futures? Exploring Youth Work across the UK
âTony Jeffs, Annette Coburn, Alastair Scott-McKinley and Steve Drowley
3 Youth Work and Cartographic Action: Re-naming Paradoxes â Mapping Utopian Futures
âGraham Bright and Carole Pugh
4 Youth Workinâ All over Europe: Moving, Associating, Organising and Providing
âHoward Williamson and Filip Coussée
5 The Future of US Youth Work
âDana Fusco and Michael Baizerman
6 Future Prospects for Australasian Youth Work
âTrudi Cooper and Rod Baxter
7 Youth Work: Global Futures â Pictures from the Developing World
âStuart Wroe
8 Dichotomous Voluntary Futures
âIlona Buchroth and Dan Connolly
9 Where Is Faith-Based Youth Work Heading?
âNaomi Thompson
10 The Future of Online Youth Work
âJane Melvin
11 On the Future of Youth Work with Young Women
âJanet Batsleer and Karen McCarthy
12 Towards New Horizons? âYouth and Community Workâ and Rhizomatic Possibilities
âGraham Bright and Carole Pugh
Index
Introduction
âGraham Bright and Carole Pugh
1 On Critical Beginnings: How We Got to Where We Are
âBernard Davies and Tony Taylor
2 Contrasting Futures? Exploring Youth Work across the UK
âTony Jeffs, Annette Coburn, Alastair Scott-McKinley and Steve Drowley
3 Youth Work and Cartographic Action: Re-naming Paradoxes â Mapping Utopian Futures
âGraham Bright and Carole Pugh
4 Youth Workinâ All over Europe: Moving, Associating, Organising and Providing
âHoward Williamson and Filip Coussée
5 The Future of US Youth Work
âDana Fusco and Michael Baizerman
6 Future Prospects for Australasian Youth Work
âTrudi Cooper and Rod Baxter
7 Youth Work: Global Futures â Pictures from the Developing World
âStuart Wroe
8 Dichotomous Voluntary Futures
âIlona Buchroth and Dan Connolly
9 Where Is Faith-Based Youth Work Heading?
âNaomi Thompson
10 The Future of Online Youth Work
âJane Melvin
11 On the Future of Youth Work with Young Women
âJanet Batsleer and Karen McCarthy
12 Towards New Horizons? âYouth and Community Workâ and Rhizomatic Possibilities
âGraham Bright and Carole Pugh
Index
This is an important book for students, practitioners and lecturers in the field of youth and community work and related practice with young people.