This original and timely book traces the changing youth and community work landscape over the last thirty years and acknowledges that voluntary youth work and community development have been long-standing features of Irish society.

The book:

Identifies and interrogates the key themes with which Irish youth and community work are concerned in the twenty first century.
Brings together for the first time a wide range of contributors from both academic and practice settings.
Reaches out to a broad audience including workers, volunteers, students, policy makers and academics in youth and community or related fields.
Will be a key course text for a variety of institutions and universities.
Is currently the only book of its kind in Ireland.
Catherine Forde, Elizabeth Kiely and Rosie Meade are lecturers in Social Studies in University College Cork and are widely published on the topic of youth and community work in Ireland.


Editors: Catherine Forde, Elizabeth Kiely and Rosie Meade
ISBN: 978-1-84218-173-7
Format 234 x 156 mm PB 250pp
Publication Date: August 2009