Two countries, two youths? The youth condition in France and Italy.

Summary This book is based on an original challenge: to undertake a systematic comparison of the condition of youth in Italy and France by investigating in depth three major areas of youth life - access to adulthood, the experience of public space, and relations between generations - which are themselves broken down into a dozen specific themes. The method of the book is also original. Indeed, the authors of the book have asked a French and an Italian colleague to draw up a table of the national situation and its sociological interpretations for each of the selected themes, with a third person in charge of drawing the comparative lessons. This book is thus truly a Franco-Italian co-production bringing together the best specialists from both sides of the Alps. The main conclusion of the book is that, despite certain morphological and demographic particularities that strongly distinguish them, French and Italian youth should be understood as two variants of the same type of representation of this age of life and passage to adulthood.