| Youth Work: An Institutional Ethnography of Youth Homelessness Contributor(s): Nichols, Naomi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442647434 ISBN-13: 9781442647435 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $72.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.775 |
| LCCN: 2014498541 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Combining institutional ethnography and community-based research, Youth Work is a sophisticated examination of the troubling experiences of young people living outside the care of parents or guardians, as well as of the difficulties of the frontline workers who take responsibility for assisting them. Drawing from more than a year of on-site research at an Ontario youth emergency shelter, Naomi Nichols exposes the complicated institutional practices that govern both the lives of young people living in shelters and the workers who try to help them. A troubling account of how a managerial focus on principles like accountability and risk management has failed to successfully coordinate and deliver services to vulnerable members of society, Youth Work shows how competitive funding processes, institutional mandates, and inter-organizational conflicts complicate the lives of the young people that they are supposed to help. Nichols's book is essential reading for those involved in education, social services, mental health, and the justice system, as well as anyone with an interest in social justice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nichols, Naomi: - Naomi Nichols is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at McGill University. Nichols' primary research focus is youth equity. She has published extensively on structural and policy drivers of inequality, poverty, and homelessness. Her secondary research focus is on processes of mobilizing diverse forms of knowledge to influence equitable social and policy change. Her central objective is to generate and mobilize an evidence base, which will drive processes of practice, policy and institutional change |