Anu Anttila & Anu Uusitalo (ed.)

The writings in this publication are based on presentations of papers given in an international conference on youth affairs and youth research. This conference was called “Contemporary marginalization and exclusion of young people – whose reality counts?” The conference was organized by ESF Employment Youthstart Initiative Nuori-Youth project partners: Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Finland, and the Ministry of the Flemish Community Education Department, Belgium, in co-operation with the Research Unit for Sosiology of Education at the University of Turku. Persons active in youth projects, officials in governmental departments, policy makers, youth researchers and others interested in youth affairs were invited to participate. The conference was multidimensional and multidisciplinary. This publication comprises many, though not all the presentations given in the conference.