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YOUTH STUDIES IRELANDSmith, M. K. (2002) ‘Transform<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong>: Resourc<strong>in</strong>g Excellent <strong>Youth</strong> Services. A Critique.’ <strong>in</strong>fed:the <strong>in</strong>formal education homepage. www.<strong>in</strong>fed.org/youthwork/transform<strong>in</strong>gyouthworkSmith, M. K. (2003) ‘From youth work to youth development’, <strong>Youth</strong> & Policy, 79: 46–59.Young, K. (1999) The Art of <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong>. Dorset: Russell House Publish<strong>in</strong>g.<strong>Youth</strong> Council for <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong> (2001). The Debate on Social Exclusion: Causes andManifestations. Belfast: <strong>Youth</strong> Council for <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong>.<strong>Youth</strong> Service Liaison Forum (2005) Strategy for the Delivery of <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong>2005–2008. Belfast: Department of Education.Biographical NoteDr Ken Harland is a lecturer <strong>in</strong> Community <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong> and co-director of the Centrefor Young Men’s Studies at the University of Ulster. His major research <strong>in</strong>terests<strong>in</strong>clude youth work, young men and mascul<strong>in</strong>ity, young men and violence, young menand mental and emotional health.AddressCommunity <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong> Department,School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies,Room 21C01,Dalriada,University of Ulster.BT39 OQBTel: +44-28-90368334Email: k.harland@ulster.ac.ukDr Tony Morgan is the Course Director for the Postgraduate Diploma/Masters <strong>in</strong> <strong>Youth</strong>and Community <strong>Work</strong> at the University of Ulster. He is the author of a variety ofreports and articles on marg<strong>in</strong>alised youth, lifelong learn<strong>in</strong>g and youth work, familysupport <strong>in</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong> and issues relat<strong>in</strong>g to the measurement of outcomes <strong>in</strong> youth work.AddressCommunity <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong> Department,School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies,Room 21C10,Dalriada,University of Ulster.BT39 OQBTel: +44-28-90366688Email: t.morgan@ulster.ac.uk18 VOL. 1 NO. 1 AUTUMN 2006