Fred Powell is Professor of Social Policy and Dean of Social Science at the National University of Ireland, Cork. Martin Geoghegan is a Lecturer at the School of Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Cork. Margaret Scanlon and Katharina Swirak are based at the School of Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland.

• IntroductionPart 1. Youth Narratives and Youth Movements1. The search for an Irish youth narrative: Minor citizens or urban tribe?2. Remoralising working class youth: Women, religion and morality in 19th and early 20th century Ireland.3. Constructing imperial man: Uniformed youth movements in Britain and Ireland.4. Building national identity: Youth movements and nationalism in 20th century IrelandPart 2. Youth Policy and Practice5. The co-production of a service: Active citizenship, youth work and the State6. Mapping the contemporary youth work landscape: Models, objectives and key issues7. Negotiating tensions and contradictions in youth crime prevention initiatives in IrelandPart 3. Disadvantaged Young People, Institutionalisation and Human Rights: The Ryan Report in Perspective8. Outcast youth and public policy: institutionalisation, social genetics and charity9. Child abuse, youth policy and human rights: contextualising theRyan Report.10. In search of truth and reconciliation: The Ryan Report from the survivors’ perspective.References

Fred Powell is Professor of Social Policy and Dean of Social Science at the National University of Ireland, Cork. Martin Geoghegan is a Lecturer at the School of Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Cork. Margaret Scanlon and Katharina Swirak are based at the School of Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland.

• IntroductionPart 1. Youth Narratives and Youth Movements1. The search for an Irish youth narrative: Minor citizens or urban tribe?2. Remoralising working class youth: Women, religion and morality in 19th and early 20th century Ireland.3. Constructing imperial man: Uniformed youth movements in Britain and Ireland.4. Building national identity: Youth movements and nationalism in 20th century IrelandPart 2. Youth Policy and Practice5. The co-production of a service: Active citizenship, youth work and the State6. Mapping the contemporary youth work landscape: Models, objectives and key issues7. Negotiating tensions and contradictions in youth crime prevention initiatives in IrelandPart 3. Disadvantaged Young People, Institutionalisation and Human Rights: The Ryan Report in Perspective8. Outcast youth and public policy: institutionalisation, social genetics and charity9. Child abuse, youth policy and human rights: contextualising theRyan Report.10. In search of truth and reconciliation: The Ryan Report from the survivors’ perspective.References

Fred Powell is Professor of Social Policy and Dean of Social Science at the National University of Ireland, Cork. Martin Geoghegan is a Lecturer at the School of Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Cork. Margaret Scanlon and Katharina Swirak are based at the School of Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland.

• IntroductionPart 1. Youth Narratives and Youth Movements1. The search for an Irish youth narrative: Minor citizens or urban tribe?2. Remoralising working class youth: Women, religion and morality in 19th and early 20th century Ireland.3. Constructing imperial man: Uniformed youth movements in Britain and Ireland.4. Building national identity: Youth movements and nationalism in 20th century IrelandPart 2. Youth Policy and Practice5. The co-production of a service: Active citizenship, youth work and the State6. Mapping the contemporary youth work landscape: Models, objectives and key issues7. Negotiating tensions and contradictions in youth crime prevention initiatives in IrelandPart 3. Disadvantaged Young People, Institutionalisation and Human Rights: The Ryan Report in Perspective8. Outcast youth and public policy: institutionalisation, social genetics and charity9. Child abuse, youth policy and human rights: contextualising theRyan Report.10. In search of truth and reconciliation: The Ryan Report from the survivors’ perspective.References