Poverty
Poverty is principally understood to be a lack of resources and opportunities for people to live and shape their lives in a way that would ordinarily be possible based on the historical
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In German society, a slew of attributes can be defined that characterise very different living circumstances and cultural orientations found within the population (see "Youth milieus" in
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Child and youth services – interfaces of cooperation
Far from being a standalone field, child and youth services forms part of a social action system that intersects with many other service
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The term "provider" is a catch-all for all manner of organisations providing non-material, conceptual, developmental, planning and, above all, practical and financial support in the
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Public-sector and non-statutory providers are a key pillar of the corporate welfare state. Providers in this context are legal entities and can be either regional administrative bodies –
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Article 1 of Germany’s Basic Law, the constitution, states:
“(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority. (2) The German
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In 2022 there were 1.3 million people working in the field of child and youth services in Germany. This puts the headcount higher than in several other major German industries, including
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The relationship between service beneficiaries (parents, children, adolescents, young adults and so on), service providers (non-statutory providers) and the public-sector bodies (youth
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"Youth milieus" in Germany: similarities and differences
Like in other Western industrialised nations, there is no one single experience of youth in Germany. In fact, there are huge variations in
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Child and youth services and healthcare
The medical care system in Germany is large and complex, and comprises three main areas:
Outpatient medical care provided by doctors in local clinics. In
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