Within contemporary youth research there are two dominant streams - a 'transitions' and a 'cultures' perspective. This collection shows that it is no longer possible to understand the experience of young people through these prisms and proposes new conceptual foundations for youth studies, capable of bridging the gap between these approaches.

Airi-Alina Allaste, Tallinn University, EstoniaAndy Bennett, Griffith University, AustraliaDorothy Bottrell, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Alan France, University of Auckland, New ZealandAndy Furlong, University of Glasgow, ScotlandRoss Haenfler, University of Mississippi, USA Anita Harris, Monash University, AustraliaRobert Hollands, Newcastle University, UK Nancy Lesko, New York City, USAPam Nilan, University of Newcastle, AustraliaSusan Talburt, Georgia State University, USAKatrin Tiidenberg, Tallinn University, EstoniaSteve Threadgold, University of Newcastle, AustraliaRob White, University of TasmaniaDan Woodman, University of Melbourne, AustraliaJohanna Wyn, The University of Melbourne and Academy of Social Sciences AustraliaDarcie Vandegrift, Drake University, Des Moines, USA

1. Cultures, Transitions and Generations: The case for a new youth studies; Dan Woodman and Andy Bennett
2. Transitions, Cultures and Identities: What is youth studies?; Andy Furlong
3. Complex worlds, Complex Identities: Complexity in Youth Studies; Johanna Wyn and Rob White
4. Speaking of Youth Culture: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Youth Cultural Practice; Andy Bennett
5. Generations, Transitions and Culture as Practice: A Temporal Approach to Youth Studies; Dan Woodman and Carmen Leccardi
6. Waiting for the Weekend?: Nightlife Studies and the Convergence of Youth Transition and Youth Cultural Analyses; Robert G. Hollands
7. Transitions, Cultures and Citizenship: Interrogating and Integrating Youth Studies in New Times; Anita Harris
8. Bourdieurian Cultural Transitions: Young People Negotiating 'Fields' in their Pathways Into and Out of Crime; Dorothy Bottrell and Alan France
9. Sexy Selfies of the Transitioning Self; Airi-Alina Allaste and Katrin Tiidenberg
10. Transitioning to a New Manhood: Subcultures as Sites of Inclusive Masculinity; Ross Haenfler
11. Youth Political Subjectivity in the Global South: Crossing Conceptual Boundaries in Less Examined Contexts; Darcie Vandegrift
12. Applying Theoretical Paradigms to Indonesian Youth in Reflexive Modernity; Steven Threadgold and Pam Nilan
13. Toward a Different Youth Studies: Youth-and-researchers as Affective Assemblages; Susan Talburt and Nancy Lesko
14. Transitions, Cultures and the Future of Youth Research; Dan Woodman and Andy Bennett