The SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice

Pam Alldred is Reader in Education and Youth Studies in the Social Work Division at Brunel University London, UK. She researches sexualities, parenting, and sex education and has written about discourse analytic, ethnographic and new materialist approaches to research, as well as the political and ethical dilemmas raised by participatory research and representational claims. Pam has led two large international projects on gender-related violence and then on sexual violence with European Union cofunding. She recently published Sociology and the New Materialism (with Nick J. Fox, SAGE, 2016) and coedits the Handbook of Youth Work Practice (SAGE, 2017). She is a member of the Sex Education and the Gender and Education journal editorial boards.

This book remarkably covers the breadth of youth work in all its diversity while capturing the common threads and principles that make for its distinct practice. This book maintains academic rigour while retaining an eye for the nuances of practice, which it contextualises beautifully. It gives insight into the practice of youth work for both the novice and the seasoned activist and archivist.  Perhaps most importantly it re-affirms the need to defend youth work in times of uncertainty and with the creeping malaise of neo-liberalism, neo conservatism and new managerialism. This book is a must for any pedagogue, practitioner, student or policy maker with a concern for young people and the practices and professionals who work with them. I would recommend it becomes essential reading list on any youth and community work course.

• Introduction - Pam Alldred, Fin Cullen, Kathy Edwards, and Dana FuscoPART 1: Approaches to Youth Work Across Time and PlaceChapter 1: Defining Youth Work: exploring the boundaries, continuity and diversity of youth work practice - Trudi CooperChapter 2: How to Support Young People in a Changing World: The sociology of generations and youth work - Dan Woodman and Johanna WynChapter 3: Looking over our shoulders: Youth work and its history - Anthony JeffsChapter 4: Some conceptions of youth and youth work in the United States - Dana FuscoChapter 5: Youth Work as a Colonial Export: Explorations From the Global South - Kathy Edwards and Ismail ShaafeeChapter 6: Let Principles Drive Practice: Reclaiming Youth Work in India - Roshni K. NuggehalliChapter 7: The Impact of Neoliberalism Upon the Character and Purpose of English Youth Work and Beyond - Tony Taylor, Paula Connaughton, Tania de St Croix, Bernard Davies, and Pauline GraceChapter 8: Youth Work in England: A Profession with a Future? - Helen M.F. JonesChapter 9: Precarious Practices with Risky Subjects? Policy and Practice Explorations in the UK and Europe - Fin Cullen and Simon BradfordChapter 10: Undoing Sexism and Youth Work Practice: Seeking Equality, Unsettling Ideology, Affirming Difference - A UK Perspective - Janet BatsleerChapter 11: Intersectionality and Resistance in Youth Work: Young People, Peace and Global ′Development′ in a Racialized World - Momodou Sallah, Mike Ogunnusi and Richard KennedyChapter 12: Youth Work and Social Pedagogy: Reflections from the UK and Europe - Kieron HattonChapter 13: 21st Century Youth Work: Life Under Global Capitalism - Hans Skott-Myhre and Kathleen Skott-MyhrePART 2: Professional Work With Young People: Projects and Practices to InspireChapter 14: Participation, Empowerment and Democracy: Engaging with Young People′s Views - Philippa Collin, Girish Lala, and Leo FieldgrassChapter 15: Faith-based Youth Work: Education, Engagement and Ethics - Graham Bright, Naomi Thompson, Peter Hart, and Bethany HaydenChapter 16: Together we Walk: The Importance of Relationship in Youth Work with Refugee Young People - Jen CouchChapter 17: Screaming Aloud from the da old plantation down-under: Youth Work on the margins in Aotearoa New Zealand - Fiona Beals, Peter-Clinton Foaese, Martini Miller, Helen Perkins and Natalie SargentChapter 18: Promoting Children First Youth Work in the Youth Justice System and Beyond - Stephen Case and Rachel MorrisChapter 19: Critical Street Work: the politics of working (in) outside institutions - Michael Whelan and Helmut SteinkellnerChapter 20: Youth Work, Arts Practice and Transdisciplinary Space - Frances Howard, Steph Brocken, and Nicola SimChapter 21: Fringe Work - Street-level Divergence in Swedish Youth Work - Björn AnderssonChapter 22: The Alchemy of work with Young Women - Susan Morgan and Eliz McArdleChapter 23: Supporting Trans And/Or Non-Binary Young People: UK Methods and Approaches - Catherine McNamaraPART 3: Values and Ethics in Work with Young PeopleChapter 24: An Ethics of Caring in Youth Work Practice - Joshua Spier and David GilesChapter 25: Relationship Centrality in Work with Young People with Experience of Violence - Daniel Jupp KinaChapter 26: Reflective Practice: Gaze, Glance and Being a Youth Worker - Jo TrelfaChapter 27: The Challenges for British Youth Workers of Government Strategies to ′Prevent Terrorism′ - Paul ThomasChapter 28: The Politics of Gang Intervention in New England, USA: Knowledge, Partnership, and Youth Transformation - Ellen Foley, Angel Guzman, Miguel Lopez, Laurie Ross, Jennifer Safford-Farquharson, with Katie Byrne, Egbert Pinero, and Ron WaddellChapter 29: Coercion in Sexual Relationships: Challenging Values in school-based work - Jo HeslopChapter 30: Youth & Community Approaches To Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation: South African and UK Project Experiences - Kate D′Arcy, Roma Thomas, and Candice WallasChapter 31: Allies, Not Accomplices: What Youth Work can Learn from Trans and Disability Movements - Wolfgang Vachon and Tim McConnellChapter 32: The Challenges of Using a Youth Development Approach in a Mental Health and Addictions Service for Young People - Mark WoodChapter 33: Gaze Interrupted: Speaking back to Stigma with Visual Research - Victoria Restler and Wendy LuttrellChapter 34: The Ethical Foundations of Youth Work as an International Profession - Howard SercombeChapter 35: Youth Work at the End of Life? - Rajesh PatelPART 4: Current Challenges, Future PossibilitiesChapter 36: Youth Work Practices in Conflict Societies: Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities - Ken Harland and Alastair Scott-McKinleyChapter 37: Popular Education and Youth Work: Learnings from Ghana - Marion Thomson and Kodzo ChapmanChapter 38: Roma Youth and Global Youth Work - Brian BeltonChapter 39: Community Development with Young People - Exploring a New Model - Helen Bartlett and Adam MuirheadChapter 40: Returning to Responsive Youth Work in New York City - Susan Matloff-Nieves, Tanya Wiggins, Jennifer Fuqua, Marisa Ragonese, Steve Pullano, and Gregory BrenderChapter 41: Uncomfortable Knowledge and the Ethics of Good Practice in Australia′s Offshore Refugee Detention Centers - Judith Bessant and Rob WattsChapter 42: The Evolution of Youth Empowerment: From Programming to Partnering - Heather Ramey and Heather LawfordChapter 43: Towards a Shared Vision of Youth Work: Developing a Worker-Based Youth Work Curriculum - Tomi Kiilakoski, Viljami Kinnunen, and Ronnie DjupsundChapter 44: Evaluating Youth Work in its Contexts - Sue Cooper and Anu GretschelConclusion - Dana Fusco, Pam Alldred, Kathy Edwards, and Fin Cullen