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Contents:

History of Concepts and Assumptions:

Knowledge about Youth in Brazil and the Challenges in Consolidating This Field of Study (Marília Pontes Sposito)

Historical, Theoretical and Methodological Background for Youth Studies in Russia (Mikhail K Gorshkov & Franz E Sheregi)

Sociology of Youth: Substantive and Conceptual Issues (N Jayaram)

China Youth Study in a Changing Society (Meng Lei)

Review of Historical and Contemporary Concepts and Theoretical Assumptions in Youth Studies of South Africa (M S Mapadimeng)

Demographic Characteristics of Youth:

Youth in Brazil: Concepts, Issues and Socio-Demographic Characteristics (Celi Scalon & Lygia Costa)

Demographics of Youth in Russia (Sergey V Zakharov & Ekaterina S Mitrofanova)

Indian Youth Population: Socio-Demographic Characteristics (Vinod Chandra)

Demographic Characteristics of Chinese Youth (Zhang Yi & Tian Fong)

The Demographic Profile of Youth in South Africa: Past, Present & Future (M E Palamuleni)

Identity and Generation:

Youth Generations and Processes of Identity Formation in Brazil (Wivian Weller & Lucélia de Moraes Braga Bassalo)

Russian Youth: Specifics of Identities and Values (Svetlana V Mareeva)

Contemporary Youth: Change of Referent, Loss of Identity (Ashok Kaul & Chittaranjan Das Adhikary)

Youth Culture and Social Ecology: State, Market, Technology and Grassroots Participation (Meng Lei)

South African Youth Identity and Generation (J Govender)

Consumption and Leisure:

Young Brazilians: Free Time, Leisure and Sociabilities: An Analytical Mosaic of National Research Data (Elmir de Almeida, Juarez Dayrell & Paulo Carrano)

Consumption and Leisure in Russia (Polina M Kozyreva, Alfija E Nizamova & Alexander I Smirnov)

Leisure and Consumption of Youth in India (Ishwar Modi & P S Vivek)

Consumption Patterns of the Contemporary Chinese Youth: Focusing on the Inter-Class and Rural-Urban Division (Zhu Di)

Leisure and Consumption: Youth Escapism in South Africa through Illegal Substances (C Martinez-Mullen & M S Mapadimeng)

Family, Marriage and Sexuality:

Youth, Sexuality and the Family in Contemporary Brazil (Maria Luiza Heilborn)

Family, Marriage, and Sexuality (Polina M Kozyreva & Yulia P Lezhnina)

Family, Marriage and Sexuality: Valuable Insights on 21st Century Youth (Sudeshna Basu Mukherjee)

Love, Marriage, Family and Sex: Contemporary Chinese Youth (Tian Feng)

Marriage, The Role of Family Structure in Building Youth: Psycho-Social Competence in South Africa (A Y Amoateng)

The State and Political Values:

Political Culture and Political Values of the Brazilian Youth (Marcello Baquero & Rute Angelo Baquero)

The Zero Generation: Ideological and Political Participation (Vladimir V Petuhov)

Towards Understanding Youth and Politics in India (Anand Kumar)

Support for Democracy among the Generation of Market Transition in China: A Study of Chinese Elite University Students and Graduates (Lu Peng)

Online and Offline Political Participation by South African Youth (C Mbenga)

Education and Employment:

Brazilian Youth: In School and in Work (Maria Carla Corrochano & Marilena Nakano)

Education and Employment in Russia (David L Konstantinovskiy)

Youth, Education and Employment in India: Harvesting Gold (Aarti Srivastava)

Education and Employment of Chinese Youth (Li Chunling)

Education, Skills, Economy and Youth Unemployment in South Africa (M S Mapadimeng)

Internet Participation and Communication:

Internet, Ideology and Youth in Brazil (Tom Dwyer)

The Youth and Digital Space in Russia: Internet-Participation and Communications (Irina O Tyurina)

Internet Participation and Communication (Rajesh Gill)

Youth and Internet Participation in Chinese Context: Forerunner of Civic Life Online (Shi Yunqin)

Youth and ICT in South Africa: Cell Phones, Social Media and Students’ Academic Performance? (K Odhav & K Mohapenele)

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Contents:

1. Changes in Social Stratification:

• Social Stratification and Its Transformation in Brazil (C. Scalon)
• Changes in the Social Structure of Russian Society Within a Period of Transformation (Z.T. Golenkova and M.K. Gorshkov)
• Social Stratification and Change in Contemporary India (K.L. Sharma)
• Changes in Chinas Social Stratification Since 1978 (Li Peilin)

2.    The Working Class:

• Labor, Workers, and Politics in Contemporary Brazil: 1980–2010 (M.A. Santana)
• The Working Class in a Transitional Society: From the Soviet Union to the Russian Republic (Z.T. Golenkova and E.D. Igitkhanian)
• The Urban Industrial Working Class and the Rural Peasant Working Class in India (K.L. Sharma)
• The Status Quo and Change to the Working Class in Contemporary China (Li Wei and Tian Feng)

3.    Peasants:

• The Brazilian Peasantry: A History of Resistance (M de Nazareth Baudel Wanderley)
• The Transformation of the Social Structure in Modern Rural Russia (A.A. Hagurov)
• The Differentiation of the Peasantry in India Since Independence (K.L. Sharma)
• Rural Society and Peasants in China (Fan Ping)

4.    Enterprises and Entrepreneurship:

• Innovative Entrepreneurship in Brazil (S.K. Guimarães)
• The Development of Entrepreneurship in Russia: Main Trends and the Status Quo (A. Chepurenko)
• Tradition and Entrepreneurship of Indian Private Entrepreneurs (K.L. Sharma)
• Chinas Fledgling Private Entrepreneurs in a Transitional Economy (Chen Guangjin)

5.    The Middle Class:

• The Formation of the Middle Class in Brazil: History and Prospects (A. Salata and C. Scalon)
• The Middle Class in Russian Society: Homogeneity or Heterogeneity? (N.E. Tichonova and S.V. Mareyeva)
• The Rise of the Middle Class in India Since Independence (K.L. Sharma)
• The Heterogeneous Composition and Multiple Identities of Chinas Middle Class (Li Chunling)

6.    Income Inequality:

• Income Inequality and Social Stratification in Brazil: Key Determining Factors and Changes in the First Decade of the 21st Century (L.G. Costa and C. Scalon)
• Income Inequality in Russia (Y. Epikhina)
• Poverty and Income Inequality in Indias Urban and Rural Areas (K.L. Sharma)
• Structural Characteristics and Trends of Income Inequality in China (Chen Guangjin)

7.    Educational Inequality:

• Educational Inequality and Social Stratification in Brazil (M da Costa, M.C. Koslinski and L.G. Costa)
• Inequality in Education: The Case of Russia (D.L. Konstantinovskiy)
• Education and Social Stratification in India: Systematic Inequality (K.L. Sharma)
• Educational Inequality and Educational Expansion in China (Li Chunling)

8.    Consumption:

• Beyond Social Stratification: A New Angle on Consumer Practices in Contemporary Brazil (M. Castañeda)
• Consumption and Lifestyle in Russia (P.M. Kozyreva, A.E. Nizamova and A.I. Smirnov)
• The New Emerging Consumption Class and Their Lifestyles (K.L. Sharma)
• The Stratification of Consumption Among Social Classes, Occupational Groups, and Identity Groups in China (Tian Feng)

9.    Class Consciousness and Values:

• Working Class Formation in Brazil: From Unions to State Power (A. Cardoso)
• The Research of Class and Group Consciousness in Contemporary Russian Society (M.F. Chernysh)
• Social-Class Connection and Class Identity in Urban and Rural Areas (K.L. Sharma)
• Stratum Consciousness and Stratum Identification in China (Li Wei)