Youth, Risk and Russian Modernity

Christopher Williams is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK and Professor Vladimir Chuprov and Dr. Julia Zubok are Head and Senior Research Fellow, Sociology of Youth Centre, Institute of Socio-Political Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. All are renowned specialists on youth affairs.

Contents: Introduction; Risk and modernity: theories and concepts; Russia's risk society; Coming of age in different risk societies; Youth conflict in a risk society; Resolving youth conflict: the localization and globalization of risk; Risk trends in the life situation of young people; Conclusion: reflections on youth at the start of the twenty-first century; Bibliography; Index.