Introduction: Comments On The Individualization Theorem -- Part 1. Theoretical Backgrounds -- 1. The Role Of Individualization Theory In Adolescent Socialization -- 2. Childhood Between Individualization And Institutionalization -- 3. Health Impairments In Adolescence: The Biopsychosocial "Costs" Of Modern Life-Style -- Part 2. Individualization And Politics -- 4. Youth And Politics: Destabilization Of Political Orientations -- 5. The Syndrome Of Right-Wing Extremism Among School Children - An East-West Comparison -- 6. Are Girls Less Political Than Boys? Research Strategies And Concepts For Gender Studies On 9 To 12-Years-Olds -- Part 3. Individualization And Relationship -- 7. Individualized Life Plans And Concepts Of Partnership During Adolescence -- 8. "Kids'-Stuff Boys" And "Stuck-Up Little Madams:" 13- To 16-Year-Olds In School And Peer Group -- 9. Sexual Abuse In Childhood: Toward An Individual Or Institutionalized Solution? -- Part 4. Individualization And Education -- 10. Educational Perspectives And Psychosocial Problems Of East German Adolescents -- 11. Preschool Individualization: From An Authoritarian To A Consensus Mode Of Motive Coordination -- 12. Human Capital Theory And The Individualization Theorem -- Part 5. Individualization And Leisure -- 13. Individualization And Youth Fashions -- 14. Adolescent Consumption: Demonstration Or Compensation? -- 15. Sport And Social Integration During Adolescence -- Part 6. Individualization And Mass Media -- 16. Individualization Processes In The Media Society -- 17. The "Mediatization" Of Childhood: Between Consumer Culture And Individuality.