Presents new theoretical and methodological approaches to understand youth in the Global South Addresses a gap in youth studies by focusing on young people's transitions in the Global South Provides examples of social justice strategies in youth transitions that serve to redress entrenched inequalities Offers insights into the production and reproduction of inequality

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Hernán Cuervo is an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Deputy Director of the Youth Research Centre, at the University of Melbourne. His research interests focus on sociology of youth, specifically in relation to youth transitions; rural education and rural young people, focusing on the tension of aspirations and belonging; and theory of justice applied to educational and youth issues.
Ana Miranda is a researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and a professor at the University of Buenos Aires. She is the leader of Grammar of Youth Longitudinal Research Program and run a postgraduate program on youth in Latin America in FLACSO Argentina. Her research and teaching are related to youth, education, inequality and labour. She is currently the Deputy President of RC 34 of the International Sociology Association (ISA) for the period 2018-2022.

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Chapter 1: Youth in the Global South: Transitions, Diversity & Inequality.- Chapter 2: Beyond the Nizam: Youth political practices in Egypt and Tunisia after the 2011 uprisings.- Chapter 3: Place, mobility and youth transitions in Indonesia.- Chapter 4: Youth, violence and subjectivities: art as resource and bond.- Chapter 5: Youth engagement In Jerusalem: Between the Palestinian youth organizations development strategies and the Israeli colonial policies.- Chapter 6: Young people's constitutional submissions in Fiji: opportunities and challenges.- Chapter 7: Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty: Exploring Subjective Well-Being, Hurdles, Risks, Shocks, and Resilience Amongst Youth in India.- Chapter 8: Social Class Reproduction amongst upper middle class in Mexico.- Chapter 9: Femininity in Everyday Life: Experiences of Malay and Indian Women in Malaysia. <p