2003–2005 Shanghai Urban Youth Work Blue Book

Author: Chen Yingjun, Zhou Jianjun
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book comprehensively and systematically records the development trajectory of community youth work in Shanghai since the city initiated community youth work in 2002, especially since the establishment of the Shanghai Community Youth Affairs Office and the Shanghai Sunshine Community Youth Affairs Center in 2003. It analyzes the current status of youth affairs social workers and community youth in Shanghai, and explores the operational mechanisms and development models of community youth work with characteristics of the era, Chinese context, and Shanghai features. The book focuses on analyzing the social background and reasons for community youth work, the development process and key measures of each stage, the roles and functions of government, the Communist Youth League, social organizations, and other entities in community youth work, as well as the initial achievements. It also examines the positive role of community youth work in building a harmonious society, the basic conditions, work status, and evaluations of youth affairs social workers on institutional management, and the living and development conditions of community youth.