New Youth?

Carmen Leccardi is Professor of Sociology of Culture, and Elisabetta Ruspini is Lecturer in Social Research and Sociology both at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.

’This book brings together an impressive range of countries and different youth populations under the general theme of life transitions and generations. It is the most comprehensive volume of its kind and will be an important resource for those interested in youth, generational and family issues. The authors are some of the leading experts in this field and they present the state of the art in contemporary youth research.’ Claire Wallace, Kings College, University of Aberdeen, UK ’A New Youth is perfectly designed to bring into focus current debates about young people and social change. This book presents an exciting collection of writing about the changing picture of youth in a European context, taking into account national and geographical variations. As the title suggests, the book makes a direct contribution to the re-conceptualization of youth in changing times...I unreservedly recommend this fine book.’ Johanna Wyn, Australian Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia ’...an interesting and important book...[which] has much to recommend it...’ Youth & Policy

• Contents: Foreword, Andy Furlong; Introduction, Carmen Leccardi and Elisabetta Ruspini. Reconceptualizing Youth. New Perspectives and Challenges: Facing uncertainty. temporality and biographies in the new century, Carmen Leccardi; Coping with yo-yo-transitions. young adults' struggle for support, between family and state in comparative perspective, Andy Biggart and Andreas Walther; Individualization and the changing youth life, Sven Mørch and Helle Andersen; The sky is always falling. (un)changing views on youth in the US, Gunilla Holm, Toby Daspit and Allison J. Kelaher Young; Social changes and multicultural values of young people, Helena Helve. Young People and Relations Between Generations: Solidarity in New Zealand. parental support for children in a three-generational context, Sarah Hillcoat-Nallétamby and Arunachalam Dharmalingam; Living with parents: a research study on Italian young people and their mothers, Monica Santoro; Work and care in the life-course of young adults in the Netherlands, Manuela du Bois-Reymond and Yolanda te Poel; Daughters of the women's movement: generation conflicts and social change, Ute Gerhard. Transitions to Adulthood, Social Change and Social Exclusion: Young people and family life in Eastern Europe, Ken Roberts; Transition to adulthood in Georgia: dynamics of generational and gender roles in post-totalitarian society, Nana Sumbadze and George Tarkhan-Mouravi; Going against the tide: young lone mothers in Italy, Elisabetta Ruspini; The transitions to adulthood of young people with multiple disadvantages, Jane Parry; Growing up transgender: stories of an excluded population, Surya Monro; Index.