Kovačić, Marko and Ćulum, Bojana (2018) A new kid on the block: youth work meets youth policy in Croatia. In: The history of youth work in Europe: youth work and social work: connections, disconnections and reconnections - the social dimension of youth work in history and today: volume 6. Youth Knowledge (23). Council of Europe, Strasbourg, pp. 149-161. ISBN 978-92-871-8513-6
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In the light of these caveats, we argue that it is necessary to provide a context for youth work development and illustrate present-day attempts to professionalise this practice. This chapter consists of three sections, which together follow a logical matrix: con- textualisation – problem identification – policy response. Consequently, the first section provides a historical perspective of youth work development in Croatia. The second section offers an overview of Croatian youth policy with a particular emphasis on youth work, discussing the definition of youth work in Croatia, the platform of its practice, and what influences its framing in the way it is conceptualised today. In the third section, we delineate and analyse a number of issues and propose policy solutions regarding youth work regulation. The idea of this chapter is to critically examine youth work policy initiatives at the national level or, in other words, to offer an interpretation of the ongoing process of youth work professionalisation. We seek to provide a coherent academic argument about youth work as a policy priority, and offer some recommendations as well, aiming to make a contribution to holistic youth policy development in a national context. --------------- IN CROATIAN: U svjetlu navedenih upozorenja, tvrdimo da je potrebno osigurati kontekst za razvoj rada s mladima i ilustrirati današnje pokušaje profesionalizacije ove prakse. Ovo poglavlje sastoji se od tri odjeljka koji zajedno slijede logičku matricu: kontekstualizacija - identifikacija problema - odgovor politike. Slijedom toga, prvi dio daje povijesnu perspektivu razvoja rada s mladima u Hrvatskoj. Drugi dio nudi pregled politike za mlade u Hrvatskoj s posebnim naglaskom na rad s mladima, pri čemu se raspravlja o definiciji rada s mladima u Hrvatskoj, platformi njegove prakse i o tome što utječe na njegovo oblikovanje na način na koji ga se danas konceptualizira. U trećem odjeljku ocrtavamo i analiziramo niz pitanja i predlažemo rješenja u vezi s reguliranjem rada s mladima. Ideja ovog poglavlja je kritički ispitati inicijative u politici rada s mladima na nacionalnoj razini ili, drugim riječima, ponuditi tumačenje procesa profesionalizacije rada s mladima koji je u tijeku. Nastojimo osigurati dosljednu akademsku argumentaciju o radu s mladima kao prioritetu politike za mlade te ponuditi i neke preporuke s ciljem doprinosa razvoju cjelovite politike za mlade u nacionalnom kontekstu.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. - Book editors: Howard Williamson, Tanya Basarab, Filip Coussée. - Second publisher: European Commission. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Croatia, youth, youthwork, youthwork professionalization, youth policy (Hrvatska, mladi, rad s mladima, profesionaliazacija rada s mladima, politike za mlade) |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) L Education > L Education (General) |
| Depositing User: | Karolina |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2018 07:04 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2018 09:19 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/813 |
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