{"product_id":"youth-work-naomi-nichols-9781442647435","title":"Youth Work: An Institutional Ethnography of Youth Homelessness","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombining institutional ethnography and community-based research, \u003cem\u003eYouth Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a sophisticated examination of the troubling experiences of young people living outside the care of parents or guardians, as well as of the difficulties of the frontline workers who take responsibility for assisting them. Drawing from more than a year of on-site research at an Ontario youth emergency shelter, Naomi Nichols exposes the complicated institutional practices that govern both the lives of young people living in shelters and the workers who try to help them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA troubling account of how a managerial focus on principles like \"accountability\" and \"risk management\" has failed to successfully coordinate and deliver services to vulnerable members of society, \u003cem\u003eYouth Work \u003c\/em\u003eshows how competitive funding processes, institutional mandates, and inter-organizational conflicts complicate the lives of the young people that they are supposed to help. Nichols's book is essential reading for those involved in education, social services, mental health, and the justice system, as well as anyone with an interest in social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naomi Nichols\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442647434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442647435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Naomi Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48485207605503,"sku":"9781442647435","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a16753ba-557f-4356-bb3e-21dbc02c5029.jpg?v=1778048616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/youth-work-naomi-nichols-9781442647435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}