Critical analysis of issues and policies relating to young people

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Youth & Policy offers a space for the critical analysis of issues and policies relating to young people.

Colonised youth

Publication: September 2017
Brian Belton argues that young people are subjected to sustained 'outsider' and deficit discourses....

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Young Muslims and exclusion - experiences of ‘othering’

Publication: September 2017
Stephen Pihlaja and Naomi Thompson explore exclusionary experiences faced by young Muslims...

From ‘NEET’ to ‘Unknown’: Who is responsible for young people not in education, employment or training?

Publication: September 2017
Liam Wrigley explores how 'NEET' young people have become 'lost in the system' through recent policy and practice around unemployment....

Treasuring, but not measuring: Personal and social development

Publication: July 2017
Tony Taylor critiques the notion of 'measuring' personal and social development...

The arts in youth work: A spectrum of instrumentality?

Publication: July 2017
Frances Howard asks what the arts do in and for youth work....

Time to say goodbye to the National Citizen Service?

Publication: June 2017
Tania de St Croix argues that the future of the National Citizen Service should be reviewed....