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In Zeiten von PISA-Vergleichsstudien sind die sozialen Probleme Jugendlicher im Zusammenhang mit der Globalisierung, insbesondere in Osteuropa, etwas aus dem Blick geraten. Rund 20 Jahre nach dem Systemumbruch in Mittel- und Osteuropa stellt sich jedoch die Frage, was Jugendliche in Polen, Russland und Deutschland vereint bzw. noch trennt. Dieser zentralen Frage geht der vorliegende Band anhand eines Kulturvergleichs in drei Länderbeiträgen nach und untersucht Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den Jugendlichen hinsichtlich deren Einstellungen, Lebens- und Wertvorstellungen u. ä. Angesichts unsicherer Zeiten ist davon auszugehen, dass die sozialen Probleme Jugendlicher auch künftig nicht geringer werden. Deshalb wird die Beobachtung, Analyse und Begleitung der Jugendentwicklung in Osteuropa eine wichtige Aufgabe bleiben sowohl für Sozial- und Bildungsforscher als auch für Lehrer, Erzieher und Sozialarbeiter.

Youth councils at local government units have existed practically since 1990. However, only since 2001 there has been a legal basis for setting up such bodies. Although this provision remained unchanged, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the possibilities of youth councils. They had many problems and in many cases no new term of office was appointed for these bodies. As a result, the Parliament dealt with the statutory regulation of the youth council institution and adopted a government bill in 2021 (Dz.U. 2021 poz. 1038). The author tries to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of youth councils in operation. In addition, he assesses the most important solutions contained in the applicable law. Finally, the article welcomes the legislative action but notes the incomprehensible decisions. It also draws attention to the sharp decrease in the number of youth councils between March 2020 and September 2021 but notes the upward trend.

The aim of study was to inverstgate the preffered by young people of personal models and factors influencing them. The study was conducted in 1999 and 2011 on the sample of high school students (third class), using questionnaire "personal patterns". The results show that the choice by young people of personal models occurs in conjunction with the family, school, theachers, peers and the media. Young people from these communities draws behavioral models from the different situations of everyday life, the system of social norms and values. Young people from these communities also draws models of socialization. In particular, the mass media (according to research) is an important and attractive component of the educational environment of youth, presenting different lifestyles and value systems, used by the adolescents.

The generation "NEET" (young people not in employment, education or training) is becoming a serious social problem in the European Union due to the large scale of the phenomenon. For this reason, it arouses interest among politicians, academics and professionals involved in helping people excluded from the labour market and education system, including social workers. The NEET category, which is characterized in the article, are potential beneficiaries of social assistance. Attention will be focused on the scale of the phenomenon in Europe, the socio-economic determinants of belonging to the NEET group, the effects of remaining outside the education system and the labour market, as well as initiatives taken both at the EU level and in the Member States for socio-professional reintegration of people from the NEET group. Knowledge of the issue will allow directing assistance activities provided by social workers to people from the NEET group.