Introduction: Contemporary Youth Research: Issues, Controversies and Dilemmas; M.Cieslik PART 1: YOUTH RESEARCH IN CONTEXT The Sociology of Youth, Problems, Priorities and Methods; K.Roberts Mods and Shockers: Youth Culture Research in Britain ; P.Cohen PART 2: PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICE Framing Youth: Reviewing Locally Commissioned Research on Young People, Drug Use and Drug Education; M.Jones, J.Orme & F.Starkey Onions and Apples: Problems with Comparative European Youth Research; F.Cartmel Empowering Youth in Research and Social Processes Using Critically Reflexive Action Research: Learning From Practice; B.Percy-Smith & S.Weil PART 3: IN THE FIELD Ethnography in Practice: A Case Study Illustration; R.Edmond Researching Young Women's Bodies: Values, Dilemmas and Contradictions; L.Frost E-heads Versus Beer Monsters: Researching Young People's Substance Misuse in Dance Club Settings; K.Moore PART 4: ISSUES IN ETHNOGRAPHY Double Exposure: Exploring the Social and Political Relations of Ethnographic Youth Research; R.G.Hollands Researching Young People as Consumers: Can and Should We Ask Them Why?; S.Miles The Use of 'Insider' Knowledge in Ethnographic Research on Contemporary Youth Music Scenes; A.Bennett Bibliography Index