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1 The Social Dimension of Finnish youth work
History Juha Nieminen Malta

2 Why history of social dimension?
To understand the phenomenon To define the concept of ”social” in youth work To learn from the past To use concept relevant to the present To strenghten the all-round education and vocational culture of youth work

3 Conceptual problem 1: Youth work
Youth work as an administrative concept (institutional implementation) Ghosts of anachronisms Youth work as a theoretical concept (research object)

4 Conceptual problem 2: Social
Social as sociability Social as extrovertedness Social as interactivity Social as communality Social as societal

5 Conceptual problem 2: Social
A lot of ”socials”: social status, social norm, social control, social problem, social question, social function, socialism, social democracy, social pedagogy, social education, social psychology, social policy, social work, social science, social capital, social media…

6 Excerpt 1 Society of the Estates and Class Society
”Social” in the life of the estates ”Social” structured by the class and gender Different ”social” in pietism, free-churchism, King’s regime, Tsar’s regime… Christian tradition of youth work - example YMCA: employment of boys National-idealistic tradition of youth work Political-coporative tradition of youth work - example: the status of young employee

7 Excerpt 2 First republic 1918-1939
Deepening social question after the civil war Child Welfare Act 1936 First co-operation body Nation-building, Finnish national values and culture

8 Excerpt 3 Wartime 1939-1944 Youth as compensatory labor force
Voluntary work: ”Bee of the Youth” (Nuorten talkoot)

9 Excerpt 4 Period of Reconstruction
Dominance of youth organisations 1950’s: youth unemployment Co-operation body of youth orgaisations - two committees of youth unemployment 1950’s Differentiation of youth issues and social issues

10 Excerpt 5 Welfare state The fastest changes of Finnish society
The social power and social influence of baby boom generation

11 Conclusion 1 Loose, unfocused and untheoretical use of ”social”
in youth work and in the historical research of youth work

12 employment of young people
Conclusion 2 Eternal social issue in youth work: employment of young people

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