Young People in Complex and Unequal Societies

Jorge Benedicto is Full Professor of Sociology at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED, Spain). He has been a Visiting Researcher at University of Florence (Italy) and L’Observatoire Jeunes et Societé of INRS (Quebec, Canada). He specializes in research on youth, citizenship and politics. He is a former consultant of OIJ and UNDP-Honduras.Maritza Urteaga holds a Ph.D. in Anthropological Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM, Mexico). She is a Research Professor of Postgraduate Studies in Social Anthropology at the National School of Anthropology and History. Her research focuses on anthropology of youth, urban anthropology, identity, culture and communication, cultural production, youth and affectivity.Dolores Rocca holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA, Argentina) and a degree in Political Science (UBA). She is a Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and at the Gino Germani Research Institute (IIGG-UBA). Her research interests are political activism, youth participation, political identities, electoral campaigns, and qualitative research.

• AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction Studying Young People’s Lives, Understanding Complex and Diverse SocietiesJorge Benedicto and Maritza Urteagapart 1Youth Studies in Latin America and Spain: Multiple Perspectives, Multiple ContextsJorge Benedicto1 Game of Glances Review of Youth Research in Latin AmericaJosé Antonio Pérez Islas2 40 Years of Youth Studies in Spain and Their Contribution to Social Images of YouthJuan Carlos Revilla and Mariano Urraco3 The Current Theoretical Debates in Comparative Research on Young People A European PerspectiveAlmudena Moreno4 Youth Images Visual Images, Representations and Imaginaries of Young PeopleÓscar Aguilera and Marcela Saápart 2The Life of Young People in Complex and Unequal SocietiesMaritza Urteaga5 Youth as Transition Theoretical and Methodological Contributions to the Youth Study Field in Latin America and SpainRafael Merino and Ana Miranda6 Youth Cultures and Identities The Surfaces of the UndergroundCarles Feixa7 The Fragmentation of Youth Experience Social Inequality and Everyday Life in Urban Latin AmericaGonzalo Saraví8 Precarious Natives New Profiles of Precarious Young People in the Flexible EconomiesAntonio Santos-Ortega, David Muñoz-Rodríguez and Arantxa Grau-Muñoz9 Iuvenis Sacer The Systematic Murder of Young People in Latin AmericaJosé Manuel Valenzuela10 Gender Relationships and Sexual Affection between Young People Reflections from the Argentine CaseSilvia Elizaldepart 3Diversity and Youth Agency: Young People as Actors in SocietyJorge Benedicto and Dolores Rocca11 Young Women as Social Actors Participation in Cultural Groups and the Feminist Empowerment of Young People in Catalonia (Spain)Mònica Figueras, Mittzy Arciniega, Nele Hansen and Tanja Strecker12 Rural Youth A Political Actor of Social Movements in Brazil and its Impact on Youth PoliciesElisa Guaraná13 Young Political Activists in Government-Supporting Organizations Argentina from a Regional PerspectiveMelina Vázquez and Dolores Rocca14 Kichwa Indigenous Youth from Ecuador Conditions and Context of their Youth AgencyRené Unda and Daniel Llanos15 Migration and Youth Empowerment The Migration Experience of Young Latin Americans to CataloniaSonia Páez de la Torre and Pere Soler16 Youth in the Digital World Dispositions and Experiences of Internet UseDaniel Calderón and Stribor KuricAfterword Young People and Covid-19: Some Thoughts about a Very Near FutureJorge Benedicto, Maritza Urteaga and Dolores RoccaIndex