Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Youth and Globalisation -- Chapter 2. Tackling the North American Notion of Youth: Creating a Transformative and Critical Youth Pedagogy for Leadership -- Chapter 3. Social Transformation of Youth and Youth Cultures in Europe: Trends, Theories and the Relevance of Youth Cultural Scenes -- Chapter 4. Adolescence and Migration: On the Importance of Orders of Belonging -- Chapter 5. The Nature of Youth Or: On the Assumed Disappearance of Youth in the Present Society -- Part 2: Lifeworlds and Political Participation -- Chapter 6. Lifeworlds and Cultures of Australian Youth in a Globalized World -- Chapter 7. Globalizing Local Voices: Youth Cultures and Participation in Democratic Processes in Uganda -- Chapter 8. Youth in the Anthropocene: Questions of Intergenerational Justice and Learning in a More-than-human World -- Chapter 9. Youth Cultures, Right-Wing Extremism and Violence -- Part 3: Identity and Cultural Diversity -- Chapter 10. Research on Chinese Youth’s Values in the New Era -- Chapter 11. Opening Up Localities to the Wider World and the Postmigrant Generation: New Forms of Resistance and Self-assertion -- Chapter 12. Body, Gender and Beauty: Modified Bodies Between Youth Culture Designs, Constructed Identity Models and Coping Strategies -- Chapter 13. Youth and Interculturality in Vienna: Gaming Intervention in Intercultural Contexts – Two Project Cases.

This book examines the relation between the phenomenon of globalization, changes in the lifeworld of young people and the development of specific youth cultures. It explores the social, political, economic and cultural impact of globalization on young people. Growing diversity in their lifeworlds, technological development, migration and the ubiquity of digital communication and representation of the world open up new forms of self-representation, networking and political expression, which are described and discussed in the book. Other topics are the impact of globalization on work and economy, global environmental issues such as climate change, political movements which put “nationalism first”, change of youth`s values and the significance of body, gender and beauty. The book highlights the challenges of young people in modern life, as well as the way in which they express themselves and engage in society – in culture, politics, work and social life.