Bužinkić, Emina and Ćulum, Bojana and Horvat, Martina and Kovačić, Marko (2015) Youth work in Croatia: collecting pieces for a mosaic. Child and youth services, 36 (1). pp. 30-55. ISSN 0145-935X (Print), 1545-2298 (Online)
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This article explores the historical development of youth work in Croatia. By drawing from available data and personal experience, we describe three key phases of youth work development in a post-conflict country: (a) the period of the early 1990s as a “direct peace building" youth work; (b) the rise of nonformal education during the mid and late 1990s; and (c) the growth of a networked youth sector and its focus on youth policy advocacy starting in 2000. In addition, we refer to today's context, particularly because of its project-management orientation. Such categorization highlights various practices that we consider to represent youth work in a specific and contested national framework. Work with young people with fewer opportunities is being presented as a case, building on our observation that contemporary youth work continues to be embedded in civil society development and nonformal education, facing challenges of funding-driven discourse and unsystematic support.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Historical perspective, social exclusion of youth, youth with fewer opportunities, youth work |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Depositing User: | Karolina Vranješ |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2015 09:53 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2015 09:53 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/359 |
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