1. Youth, youth transitions and social policy Part 1. Towards a framework for youth policy 2. The re-structuration of youth : the school-to-work transition 3. The re-structuration of youth : family structure and family � relationships 4. Youth citizenship and its changing context 5. Youth and citizenship : the legal context of young Part 2. Social policy and vulnerable youth 6. Young people in, and leaving, the public care 7. Young people with special needs and disabilities 8. Young people and careers involving crime 9. Beyond the underclass debate and towards a framework for youth policy � into the twenty-first century Appendix : Towards a paradigm of rights for young people