◎ contents 1. Youth work, welfare,and the state / Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith 2. The youth service and threat to welfare / Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith 3. The political economy of youth work /Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith 4. Local authorities and youth work : the consequences of declining authonomy /Keith Shaw with Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith 5. Youth work and schooling / Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith 6. The DES and youth work : Duncan Scott with Neil Ritchie 7. Youth workers, the MSC and youtj training scheme / Howard Williamson 8. Findings a way in : youth workers and juvenile justice / Robert Adams 9. Young people, youth workers and the police / Mary Marken and Douglas Smith 10. Professionalism or trade unionism? the search for a collective identity : Bernard Daves 11. Training the professional worker / Yusuf Ahmad and Ron Kirby 12. The promise of management for youth work / Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith 13. Conclusion / Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith