Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- The authors -- Acknowledgements -- Series editor's preface -- Chapter 1 The risk society -- Introduction -- 'Risikogesellschaft' -- Social class and biography -- Growing up in the risk society -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Change and continuity in education -- Introduction -- Trends -- Differentiated outcomes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Social change and labour market 'transitions' -- Introduction -- The changing youth labour market -- Responding to labour market changes -- The maintenance of labour market inequalities -- Reconceptualizing social reproduction -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Changing patterns of dependency -- Introduction -- The extension of semi-dependency -- Identity -- Housing and domestic transitions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Leisure and lifestyles -- Introduction -- Leisure -- Youth cultures -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Health risks in late modernity -- Introduction -- Health inequalities in youth -- Health related behaviours -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Crime and insecurity -- Introduction -- The 'problem' of crime -- Involvement in crime -- Criminal careers -- Young people as victims of crime -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Politics and participation -- Introduction -- Political interest and knowledge -- Political participation -- Post-materialist politics -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The epistemological fallacy of late modernity -- Introduction -- The crossroads of social reproduction -- Conceptualizing late modernity -- Notes -- References -- Author Index -- Index -- Back cover.