1. Introduction: Youth in Transition 2. Surrogate Employment, Surrogate Labour Markets and the Development of Training Policies in the Eighties 3. From New Vocationalism to the Culture of Enterprise 4. The Transition from YTS to Work: Content, Context and the External Labour Market 5. Trainers and Tutors in the YTS Environment 6. Interpreting Vocationalism: Youth Training and Managerial Practices 7. A Decade of Decline: Social Class and Post-School Destination of Minimum-Age School-Leavers in Scotland 1977-1987 8. Class, Gender Divisions Among Young Adults at Leisure 9. Creating Poverty and Creating Crime: Australian Youth Policy in the Eighties 10. Youth Homelessness in Wales References Notes on Contributors Author Index Subject Index