Preface.- Introduction.- Youth Work, Welfare and the State; T.Jeffs & M.Smith.- The Youth Service and the Threat to Welfare; T.Jeffs & M.Smith.- The Political Economy of Youth Work; T.Jeffs & M.Smith.- Local Authorities and Youth Work: The Effect of Declining Autonomy; K.Shaw with T.Jeffs & M.Smith.- Youth Work and Schooling; T.Jeffs & M.Smith.- The DES and Youthwork; D.Scott with N.Ritchie.- Youth Workers, the MSC and the Youth Training Scheme; H.Williamson.- Finding a Way in: Youth Workers and Juvenile Justice; R.Adams.- Young People, Youth Workers and the Police; M.Marken & D.Smith.- Professionalism or Trade Unionism: The Search for a Collective Identity; B.Davies.- Training the Professional Worker; Y.Ahmad & R.Kirby.- Conclusion; T.Jeffs & M.Smith.