Re-engaging anew with all young people in Europe / Martine Reicherts -- Youth work and non-formal learning in Europe's education landscape and the call for a shift in education / Tomi Kiilakoski -- European Union support for youth work and non-formal learning / Pascal Lejeune -- Europe's...

Abstract: Die offene Kinder- und Jugendarbeit in Wolfsburg geriet im Jahr 2003 zunehmend unter finanziellen, gesellschaftspolitischen aber auch fachlichen Legitimationsdruck. Die Stadtjugendpflegerin der Stadt Wolfsburg entschloss sich zu einem von Prof. Dr. Ludger Kolhoff (FH...

"The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much attention amongst researchers and policy-makers. An encouraging trend was suggested by the case of South Korea, where child sex ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the...

Son preference is known to be found in certain types of cultures, that is patrilineal cultures. But what explains the fact that China, South Korea, and Northwest India manifest such extreme child sex ratios compared with other patrilineal societies? This paper argues that what makes these...