A growing policy emphasis on measurement and outcomes has led to cultures of
performativity, which are transforming what educators do and how they feel about …

In this article, we investigate the discursive context of community-based youth centers to
critically interrogate ideas and practices concerning leisure, youth, and youth centers. Using …

A central premise of this study is that Irish youth work is increasingly governed and re-
formed through problems constituted in Government policy discourse. The purpose of the …

While the future of neoliberalism is contested, its impact on youth and community work in
England and beyond cannot be overstated. The hostile environment which it has created …

4.2 Why Evidence?“The field of evidence is no other than the field of knowledge”(Bentham
cited in Twining 2006) The Leverhulme Trust in 2002 outlined the contemporary importance …

Chapter 1 is the published paper: Emslie, M. 2018.'Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good
Youth and Community Work', delivered to the The Fifteenth Humanities Graduate Research …

This qualitative study focuses on the experiences of professional Antwerp youth workers
when implementing'The Logbook'in their organisation. This is a Swedish tool that is being …

Following economic crisis in 2008, a new Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition
Government came into power in 2010 and introduced various measures and policies which …