The Parameters Within Which Young People Live Their Lives Have Changed Radically. Changes In Education And The Labor Market Have Led To An Increased Complexity Of The Youth Phase And To An Overall Protraction In Dependency And Transitions. Written By Leading Academics From Several Countries, This Handbook Introduces Up To Date Perspectives On A Wide Range Of Issues That Affect And Shape Youth And Young Adulthood. It Provides A An Authoritative And Multi-disciplinary Overview Of A Field Of Study That Offers Unique Insight On Social Change In A Advanced Societies And Is Aimed At Academics, Students And Researchers And Policy-makers. The Handbook Introduces Some Of The Key Theoretical Perspectives Used Within Youth Studies And Sets Out Future Research Agendas. Each Of The Ten Sections Covers An Important Area Of Research - From Education And The Labor Market To Youth Cultures, Health And Crime Whilst Discussing Change And Continuity In The Lives Of Young People. This Work Introduces Readers To Some Of The Most Important Work In The Field While Highlighting The Underlying Perspectives That Have Been Used To Understand The Complexity Of Modern Youth And Young Adulthood. -- Back Cover. Part I. Reconceptualizing Youth And Young Adulthood -- Youth Transitions In An Age Of Uncertainty / Walter R. Heinz -- Socio-economic Reproduction / Ken Roberts -- Youth And Generation: In The Midst Of An Adult World / John Goodwin And Henrietta O'connor -- Models Of Navigation And Life Management / Manuela Du Bois-reymond -- The Emergence Of 'emerging Adulthood': The New Life Stage Between Adolescence And Young Adulthood / Jennifer Lynn Tanner And Jeffrey Jensen Arnett -- Part Ii. Divisions -- Social Class, Youth And Young Adulthood In The Context Of A Shifting Global Economy / Lois Weis -- New Masculinities And Femininities: Gender Divisions In The New Economy / Linda Mcdowell -- Young People, 'race' And Ethnicity / Colin Webster -- Young People And Social Capital / Cherylynn Bassani -- Disability, Exclusion And Transition To Adulthood / Sheila Riddell -- Young Refugees / Elizabeth Heger Boyle -- Part Iii. Education -- Educating For Late Modernity / Johanna Wyn -- Explaining Cross-national Differences In Education-to-work Transitions / David Raffe -- Young People's Subjective Orientations To Education / Andy Biggart -- Mass Higher Education / Andy Furlong And Fred Cartmel -- Vocationalism / David B. Bills -- Keeping Kids On Track To A Successful Adulthood: The Role Of Vet In Improving High School Outcomes / James R. Stone Iii -- Part Iv. Employment And Unemployment -- Changing Experiences Of Work / Jeylan T. Mortimer -- Youth Unemployment And Marginalization / Illse Julkunen -- Precarious Work: Risk, Choice And Poverty Traps / Robert Macdonald -- Neets, Freeters And Flexibility: Reflecting Precarious Situations In The New Labour Market / Akio Inui -- The Stratification Of Youth Employment In Contemporary China / Jieyu Liu -- What Makes A Young Entrepreneur? / David C. Blanchflower And Andrew Oswald -- Part V. Dependency And Family Relations -- Leaving The Parental Home In Young Adulthood / Clara H. Mulder -- Young, Free And Single? The Rise Of Independent Living / Sue Heath -- Intergenerational Support During The Transition To Adulthood / Teresa Toguchi Swartz And Kirsten Bengtson O'brien -- Early Childbearing In The New Era Of Delayed Adulthood / Frank Furstenberg Jr -- Homeless Youth And The Transition To Adulthood / Bill Mccarthy, Monica Williams And John Hagan -- Part Vi. Youth, Culture And Lifestyles -- Leisure Activities, Place And Identity / Joan Abbott-chapman And Margaret Robertson -- Young Adults And The Night-time Economy / Robert G. Hollands -- Young People And Consumption / Amy L. Best -- Spectacular Soundtracks: Youth And Music / Andy Bennett -- Young People, Drugs And Alcohol Consumption / Shane Blackman -- Spectacular Youth? Young People's Fashion And Style / Paul Hodkinson -- The Experience Of Youth In The Digital Age / Philippa Collin And Jane Burns -- Part Vii. Civic Engagement And Disengagement. Young People's Civic Engagement And Political Development / Constance Flanagan -- Young People, Politics And Citizenship / Anita Harris -- Youth And Trade Unionism / Jan Carle -- 'riots' Or 'urban Disorders'? The Case For Re-politicizing Urban Disorders / Sadiya Akram -- Young People And Armed Conflict / Colette Daiute -- Part Viii. Physical And Mental Health -- Health In Youth: Changing Times And Changing Influences / Patrick West -- Hiv And Aids, Stis And Sexual Health Among Young People / Frederick Mugisha -- Progress, Culture And Young People's Wellbeing / Richard Eckersley -- Health-related Behaviours In Context / Patrick West -- Part Ix. Identities, Values And Beliefs -- Youth-identity Studies: History, Controversies And Future Directions / James E. Côte' -- Values And Related Beliefs / Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson And Maria Monserud -- The Influence Of Aspirations On Educational And Occupational Outcomes / Nathan Jones And Barbara Schneider -- Generation Y, Flexible Capitalism And New Work Ethics / Peter Kelly -- Understanding The Sexual Lives Of Young People / Janet Holland -- Religiosity In The Lives Of Youth / Lisa D. Pearce And Melinda Lundquist Denton -- Part X. Crime And Deviance -- Juvenile Delinquency And Desistance / Shelly Schaefer And Christopher Uggen -- Young People And Anti-social Behaviour / Alan France -- Youth In A World Of Gangs / John M. Hagedorn -- Young People, Crime And Justice / Rob White -- Youth And Punishment / Angela Harvey And Aaron Kupchik. Edited By Andy Furlong. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.