Eeva Luhtakallio is Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki. Veikko Eranti is Assistant Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Helsinki.

“A pathbreaking study that charts remarkable changes in how young people are engaging in democratic political life. A must-read for its profoundly important lessons for scholarship and activism.” Kathleen Blee, University of Pittsburgh

• 1. Introduction: Doing Society - Veikko Eranti and Eeva Luhtakallio2. Institutional Participation: Youth Councils and Participatory Budgeting Fostering Better Citizens - Georg Boldt3. Aspiring Politicians: From Amateur Engagements to Problem Solving - Veikko Eranti and Eeva Luhtakallio4. Voicing Ideas: Participation Through E-democracy - Veikko Eranti and Georg Boldt5. Imagining Alone: The Necessity of the Atomized Self among Stigmatized Youth - Taina Meriluoto and Lotta Junnilainen6. Online Transgressions: Imageboards and Cultural Practices of Anonymous Citizenship - Tuukka Ylä-Anttila and Veikko Eranti7. Street Party: Urban Individualism and the Culture of Commitment - Maija Jokela8. Reluctant Rebels: The New Climate Movement and the Individual Activists - Maija Jokela, Jenni Kettunen and Eeva Luhtakallio9. Conclusions: Cultures of Doing Society - Eeva Luhtakallio and Veikko ErantiAppendix: Mixed Distance Methods and Data - Tuukka Ylä- Anttila, Lotta Junnilainen and Taina Meriluoto