Annette is programme director for Youth and Community Work, in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hull where she teaches undergraduates and postgraduates. Her research interests are in gender and equalities where she has published extensively/par1/Annette has extensive experience of working with community and voluntary sector organisations particularly those engaged in delivering support services to vulnerable young people. Her current research reflects this experience and focuses upon current issues in youth work, in particular, policies directed at social exclusion and notions of young people’s resilience Max Hope is a Lecturer in Education and Social Inclusion at the University of Hull. She has extensive grassroots experience in the community and voluntary sector, including young people′s projects, HIV organisations and women′s centres. She has a keen interest in democracy and participation and in particular, about how the leadership and management of organisations can enhance these processes. Keith Russell is the coordinator at The Warren, a voluntary youth project in Hull, UK. Charlie Cooper is a professionally-qualified housing practitioner and youth worker. In the 1970s and 1980s he largely worked in the community and voluntary sector with Women′s Aid and community-based housing associations. Since the 1990s he has worked in higher education, teaching and researching in the areas of housing, tenant participation, education, social policy, and community and youth work.

I’ve already asked the library to purchase copies as it’s a topic a few third year students are planning to write about. It fills a gap – there was a lack of literature concerning empowerment in particular. It would have been good if there had been a greater use of arguments doubting the concept: can anybody ‘empower’ another? Nonetheless, a book which I’m sure will be used regularly.

• IntroductionWhat Is Empowement?Empowerment in Practice: Case Study of an AgencyYouth Participation and EmancipationEmpowering Others - Working in an Organizational ContextResilienceReflective Practice′Citizenship′, Globalisation and EmancipationMaking Sense of Youth Work