The defence of a democratic and emancipatory youth work requires open and vigorous debate. So it is great to hear that Youth and Policy founded in 1982 to offer a critical space for the discussion of youth policy and youth work theory and practice is now online and free.

The new issue (number 104) is now available. It is a special edition on Sexual Trafficking And Young People – edited by Jenny J. Pearce and Margaret Melrose.

http://www.youthandpolicy.org/

My hope is that the move to being online will encourage wider debate about the contents of Y&P.