Youth in Europe I

An international empirical Study about Life Perspectives
Hans-Georg Ziebertz, William K Kay (eds.)
Münster/Hamburg/London 2005 (LIT-Publisher).
280 pages, EUR 24,95

“This book contains a report of an extraordinary study about life perspectives of young people in different countries in Europe. It reveals remarkable differences in perspective for the future of the young people in these countries. Are we in the process of establishing a society in which future generations will feel at home and in which they can put their faith? The European Union should support this kind of research. This first report by ‘Youth in Europe’ makes me curios and anxious for the next two reports of this research, which are due later.”
Lambert van Nistelrooij, Member of the European Parliament (EVP)

Contents

• Part I: Research Context
  Europe as Context
  William K Kay and Hans-Georg Ziebertz
  Analytic Tools and Methods
  Hans-Georg Ziebertz and William K Kay

• Part II: National Findings
  Germany: Pessimistic but Self Confident
  Hans-Georg Ziebertz
  England and Wales: Cautious Optimism
  William K Kay
  Poland: Family and Faith
  Wit Pasierbek, Michael Fearn, Hans-Georg Ziebertz
  The Netherlands: The Dutch disease
  Leo van der Tuin
  Sweden: Optimistic Individuals open to other needs
  Per Petterson
  Finland: Optimistic Realism and Individualistic Solidarity
  Eila Helander
  Ireland: Growing up Irish: Life Perspectives among young people in the Republic of Ireland
  Christopher Alan Lewis, Sharon Mary Cruise, Michael Fearn, Conor McGuckin
  Croatia: Between a troubled past and an elusive future
  Gordan ?rpi?, s. Valentina Blaženka Mandari?, Siniša Zrinš?ak
  Israel: Certainty within an uncertain world: Worldviews among Jewish adolescents in Israel
  Zehavit Gross

• Part III: Comparative Perspectives
  Youth in Europe: Correspondence and Diversity
  Hans-Georg Ziebertz and William K Kay

• Part IV: Tables