Forms of Collective Engagement in Youth Transitions

Valentina Cuzzocrea holds a PhD in Sociology (University of Essex, 2008). She is Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari. Her latest book is Italian Youth in International Context (co-edited with B.G. Bello and Y. Kazepov, Routledge 2020).Ben Gook holds a PhD in Social Theory and Cultural Studies (University of Melbourne, 2014). He is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. His publications include Divided Subjects, Invisible Borders: Re-unified Germany after 1989 (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015).Bjørn Schiermer holds a PhD in Sociology (University of Copenhagen, 2010). He is Professor at the University of Oslo. He is interested in Sociology of Culture, Subculture and Sociological Theory.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 Bringing Together Forms of Collective Engagement in Youth TransitionsProcesses, Practices and Theoretical PerspectivesValentina Cuzzocrea, Ben Gook and Bjørn SchiermerPART 1Forms of Collective Engagement in (Un)employment, (Lack of) Work, Collaborative Practices2 Transition Companions.The Role of Peers in German School-to-Work TransitionsTabea Schlimbach and Birgit Reißig3 Early Teen-Work Assemblages and Embedded DependenceRebecca Raby and Wolfgang Lehmann4 Precarious SolidaritiesUnions, Young Workers and Representative ClaimsMelanie Simms and Duncan AdamPART 2Youth Collectivities and Transformed Public Space5 The Lonjas in the Basque CountryNew Forms of Collectivity in Precarious TimesDiego Carbajo, María Martínez and Benjamín Tejerina6 Collective IndividualismPractices of Youth Collectivity within a Graffiti Community in Yogyakarta, IndonesiaMichelle Mansfield7 ‘There Is No Me, There Is Only Us’The Erasmus Bubble as a Transient Form of Transnational CollectivityValentina Cuzzocrea, Ewa Krzaklewska and David CairnsPART 3Youth Collectivities in Forging Youth Identities through New Media8 Young Italians, NEETs and Political EngagementAny Good News?Massimiliano Andretta and Roberta Bracciale9 Gendered Social Media Cultures between Individuality and CollectivityNatalia Waechter10 The Assisting Collectivities of Young Migrants and Nonmigrants via New MediaNatalia Juchniewicz and Izabela GrabowskaPART 4Forms of Collective Engagement in Reshaping Subjectivities11 The Taken-for-Granted in Intergenerational Processes during Youth TransitionsExploring Intersections of Gender, Class and Historical PeriodAnn Nilsen and Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt12 Connecting IndividualisationsTowards a New Generational Collective ActionEnzo Colombo and Paola RebughiniAfterwordCarles FeixaIndex