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Welcome
Generation
Youth Issues is an independent research and development charity
based in Prestwick, Scotland. Work is focused around children and
young people's peer relations and how they connect with adults in
their communities.
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BOOK:
Scared
of the Kids?
With
an introduction by Tony Jeffs the second edition of Scared of the
Kids? can be purchased from Abertay University Press here.
BOOK:
The
Politics of Anti-Social Behaviour
Read a review
of the 'Politics if Anti-Social Behaviour: Amoral Panics' by Stuart
Waiton on spiked.
Purchase it through the link below.
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MEDIA
Recent
media contributions and articles of interest. For other contributions
click here.
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Harvey
case sets a bad example
from TES 25/01/10
The outcome of the Peter Harvey trial is a problem for the
teaching profession, indeed for the very meaning of justice
and also the meaning of adulthood today, writes Stuart Waiton.
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Knowledge
core is learning's bedrock
from TES 26/02/10
There is much discussion today about the problem of relationships
between people - in the home, on the street, and indeed between
teachers and pupils. It is often couched in terms of anti-social
behaviour, but there may be a bigger problem: the "anti-socialisation"
of young people., writes Stuart Waiton.
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How
social work helped to undermine our sense of self
from spiked
26/07/09
Once a way for radicals to feel they could do some good, social
work now thrives parasitically on the notion that people are
incapable of dealing with everyday problems.
by Simon Knight
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CAMPAIGN:
Cotton
Wool Kids Can't Swim
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Debating
Matters
The
Institute of Ideas and Pfizer Debating Matters Competition
is a new style of national debating competition for sixth
form students. The fresh and engaging Debating Matters format
is injecting new life into school debating.
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CAMPAIGN:
Adult
Solidarity
The
case against vetting
Generation
Youth Issues supports the Manifesto Club publication 'The Case Against
Vetting'. Find out more at The
Manifesto Club.
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On
the Edge
