Mortimer, Jeylan T., and Reed W. Larson (Eds.) (2002). "The Changing Adolescent Experience: Societal Trends and the Transition to Adulthood." Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

paperback ISBN 052189199X
hardback ISBN 0521814804

Book jacket notes:
The path adolescents take from childhood to adulthood is a product of social, economic, political, and technological forces. In the next century, these forces may facilitate youth's preparation to become healthy adults, or they may leave youth unprepared for adulthood. Knowledgeable projections are vital in shaping the agenda for research; for alerting educators, policy makers, and practitioners to new issues; and for formulating thoughtful responses to emerging dilemmas. This timely book focuses on the future of adolescence in postindustrial societies. The authors identify some ominous societal changes that will affect youth: unstable job markets, competition for public resources due to an aging population, and widening income gaps between "information workers" and low-skill workers. But they also observe numerous opportunities that may improve the lives of young people through the creation of new information technology, innovations in health service delivery and criminal justice rehabilitation, and through trends the resourcefulness of a new generation. This volume examines these and other macrostructural changes that are likely to impact adolescents' lives and their futures as adults.

Jeylan T. Mortimer is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Life Course Center at the University of Minnesota. She is author of "Adolescents, Work, and Family: An Intergenerational Development Analysis" (with Michae l Finch) and editor of "Youth Unemployment and Society" (with Anne C. Petersen).

Reed W. Larson is Professor of Human and Community Development, Psychology, and Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is author of "Divergent realities: The Emotional Lives of Mother, Fathers, and Adolescents" (with Maryse Richards) and "Being Adolescent: Conflict and Growth in the Teenage Years" (with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi).

One of three volumes from:
Adolescence in the 21st Century: An International Perspective. Reports from the Study Group on Adolescence in the Twenty First Century. Sponsored by The Society for Research on Adolescence and The International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development.

www.s-r-a.org/studygroup.html