Youth, Risk and Russian Modernity Routledge Revivals Series

Title first published in 2003. This timely and original book is the most comprehensive and authoritative analysis of Russia's risk society to date. Referring to the works of Douglas, Beck and Giddens, it considers a variety of theories of risk and applies them to young people in different risk societies, showing how these youngsters have adapted to cope with risk.

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.

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.