Vulnerability and Young People: Care and Social Control in Policy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781447318170 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 252 str.

Kate Brown

Opis

Policies to assist or protect vulnerable youth play a crucial role in welfare and criminal justice processes, but what role does the discourse surrounding these policies play in how they are put into action? Bringing together real-life examples with academic and practical applications, this book explores the implications of a vulnerability zeitgeist in policy and practice. It draws on in-depth research with marginalized young people and the professionals who support them to question whether the rise of the concept of vulnerability serves the interests of those who are most disadvantaged. Vulnerability and Young People will be important reading for scholars, students, and policy makers interested in the care and protection of young people."

Spis treści

The Vulnerability Zeitgeist; Making Sense of Vulnerability; The Rise of Vulnerability in Social Policy; Vulnerability Management; Vulnerable Young People’s Life Stories; Vulnerable Identities?; The Social Mediation of Vulnerability; Vulnerability, Care and Social Control.