'The book is a useful student text that offers a wide range of well informed perspectives on the position of young people in society today. It has built on its successful first edition and should provide a useful springboard to further study'

Introduction to the Second Edition - Rachel Thomson, Ronny Flynn, Jeremy Roche and Stanley TuckerThe Making and Moulding of Modern Youth - Rex Stainton Rogers A Short HistoryRepresentations of the Young - Christine GriffinWorlds Apart - Wendy Stainton Rogers et al Young People¿s Aspirations in a Changing Europe`Pale Shadows¿ - Les Back Racism, Masculinity and MulticultureChildren¿s Rights - Jeremy Roche Participation and DialogueCitizens or What? - Tom StorrieRacial Formations of Youth in Late 20th Century England - Gargi Bhattacharyya and John GabrielYoung People and Political Participation - Claire HackettYouth Working - Stanley Tucker Professional Identities Given, Received or Contested?Welfare Services for Young People - Bob Coles Better Connections?Education and Training Provision for Young People - Stanley Tucker and Steve Walker A New Era?Beyond Bricks and Mortar - Joe OldmanIn and Out of Work? The Changing Fortunes of Young People in Contemporary Labour Markets - Harriet Bradley and Paul Hickman Youth Justice - John Muncie Responsibilisation and RightsYouth Cultures and Sub-Cultures - Daren GarrattBlack Adolescent Identity and the Inadequacies of Western Psychology - Lena RobinsonTechnologies of the Self - Maria PiniSexuality - Tim EdwardsConstructing a Way of Life - Rex Stainton RogersFriends and Lovers - Harriette Marshall and Paul StennerYoung People and Family Life - Brian Dimmock Apocalypse Now or Business as Usual?Young Disabled People - Sally French and John SwainThe Mistreatment of Young People - Brian CorbyThe Dilemmas of Intervention - Sarah BanksYoüre the Last Person I¿d Talk To - John Coleman, Liza Catan and Catherine DennisonWorking with Young People in Residential Settings - Adrian WardThe Management of Growing Up - Simon Bradford Youth Work in Community Settings