PARTⅠ : RECONCEPTUALIZING YOUTH. NEW PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES 1. Facing Uncertainty. Temporality and Biographies in the New Century 2. Coping with Yo-Yo-Transitions. Young Adults' Struggle for Support, between Family and State in Comparative Perspective 3. Individualization and the Changing Youth Life 4. The Sky is Always Falling. (Un)Changing Views on Youth in the US 5. Social Changes and Multicultural Values of Young People PARTⅡ : YOUNG PEOPLE AND RELATIONS BETWEEN GENERATIONS 6. Solidarity in New Zealand. Parental Support for Children in a Three-Generational Context 7. Living with Parents. A Research Study on Italian Young People and their Mothers 8. Work and Care in the Life-Course of Young Adults in the Netherlands 9. Daughters of the Women's Movement. Generation Conflicts and Social Change PARTⅢ : TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD, SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION 10. Young People and Family Life in Eastern Europe 11. Transition to Adulthood in Georgia. Dynamics of Generational and Gender Roles in Post-Totalitarian Society 12. Going Against the Tide. Young Lone Mothers in Italy 13. The Transitions to Adulthood of Young People with Multiple Disadvantages 14. Growing Up Transgender. Stories of an Excluded Population