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So much of what is said about youth work either seeks to conceal or is the product of lazy or rhetorical thinking. The ahistorical, apolitical and anti-intellectual attitude of many in this area has meant that practice is peculiarly prone to influence by moral panics, fads and fashions. As such, the work is further threatened ... Read morehttps://infed.org/dir/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/developing-youth-work-large-1.jpg6261028