Dilemmas in Youth Work and Youth Development Practice av Laurie (Clark University USA) Ross, Shane Capra, Lindsay Carpenter, Julia Hubbell, Kathrin (U

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<P>The fundamental aim of youth work is to build trusting and mutually respectful relationships with young people, creating transformative experiences for young people in formal and informal spaces outside of homes and schools. These complex and multidimensional situations mean that the day-to-day work of youth workers is full of dilemmas, pitting moral, developmental, motivational, organizational, and other concerns against each other. </P><P></P><P>By showing how different youth workers respond to a variety of such dilemmas, this authentic text makes visible youth workers¿ unique knowledge and skills, and explores how to work with challenging situations ¿ from the everyday to the extraordinary. Beginning by setting out a framework for dilemma resolution, it includes a number of narrative-based chapters, in which youth workers describe and reflect on dilemmas they have faced, the knowledge and experiences they brought to bear on them and alternative paths they could have taken. E