DANGEROUS FUTURES - SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND YOUTH WORK IN LATE MODERNITY

The paper contrasts the role and structure of youth work in modern and late modern societies. Modern societies linked citizenship to inclusi on in production and youth work helped the transition of young people from childhood to inclusion into the labour market and citizenship. Wh en postwar full employment eased these transition processes then youth work concentrated on leisure provision and dealing with the small num bers of excluded young people. Late modem societies redefine citizensh ip in terms of market choices but also create increasing risks, which a declining state can no longer manage, and a growing use of social ex clusion as a form of social control. These changes demand a new role a nd structure for youth work.