Duffy, Deirdre
Pathologisation, participation and the politics of youth work: An ethnographic study of youth participation projects in Nottingham.
My research explores the pathologisation of youth socialisation by youth policy and the impact this process has on the ‘meso’ level of youth participation – the youth worker – by combining existing understandings of the socialisation of disempowered actors and the dynamics of youth work with the experiences of practitioners in informal youth participation initiatives. Specifically this project brings together feminist analyses of the politics of difference and evidence from ethnographic work at youth clubs to describe and evaluate the conflicts and ruptures within the practice of youth policy.
Dr Sara Motta and Professor Steven Fielding
School of Politics and International Relations
CSSGJ and CBP
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Youth policy
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Feminism
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Research methods
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Duffy, D. (2009), "Alienated Radicals and Detached Deviants: How can the lessons of the 1970 Falls Curfew and the alienation-radicalisation hypothesis influence current British counter-terrorist policies?", Policy Studies , Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 127-142
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Duffy, D. (2009), “A New Deal for Political Space: What effect could space have on attitudes to the New Deal for Communities?”, People, Policy and Place Online
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Stafford, B., Roberts, S., Duffy, D., Ross, J. and Unell, J., (2009) Literature Review on the Impact of Family Breakdown on Children: A report to the European Commission , International Centre for Public and Social Policy, Nottingham
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Roberts, S., Stafford, B., and Duffy, D. (2010 – forthcoming), Accessing Jobcentre Services: An evaluation for Jobcentre Plus , International Centre for Public and Social Policy, Nottingham
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Duffy, D., Platts-Fowler, D., and Wells, P. (2008), NDC Elections: a significant event for Partnerships and Communities? ,Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Department for Communities and Local Government
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Stafford, B. and Duffy, D. (2009), Effect of Economic Downturn on Disadvantaged Groups: A Review of the Evidence , Department for Work and Pensions Working Paper
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Parr, S., Powell, R. and Duffy, D. (2008), Review of Social Fragmentation in English Housing Estates , Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Housing Corporation
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Parr, S., Sanderson, D., Nixon, J. and Duffy, D. (2008), Wakefield Families First Project: an interim evaluation , Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Wakefield Families First Project
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Duffy, D., Permission after Respect: Informal youth work and the impact of assessment through regulatory success , European Consortium on Political Research Standing Committee on Regulatory Governance Annual Conference, University College Dublin June 17 th -20 th 2010
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Duffy, D., Soft Tactics, Harsh Results: Acceptable Behaviour Contracts and Regulation through Contract , Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference , University of Manchester 18th-20th March 2008
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Duffy, D., Contracts, Semiotics and Crime Control: Acceptable Behaviour Contracts and non-legal Anti-Social Behaviour regulation , British-Irish Section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control Annual Conference: 'Capital, Culture, Power: Criminalisation and Resistance' , University of Liverpool 2nd-4th July 2008
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Duffy, D., Alienation Radicals and Detached Deviants: Alienation, Radicalisation and the Lessons of the Falls Curfew , Strathclyde Conflict and Resolution Annual Conference: 'Reconsidering Conflict, Terror and Resolution' , University of Strathclyde 11th-12th September 2008