Contents	7
	Contributors	20
	Preface	27
	Foreword	29
	1 Globalization, uncertainty and the early life course	33
	2 Globalization and the early life course	56
	3 Case study Germany	79
	4 Transition from youth to adulthood in the Netherland	112
	5 The case of France	136
	6 Elements of uncertainty in life courses	167
	7 Transitions to adulthood in Norway	190
	8 The effects of the globalization process on the transition to adulthood in Hungary	209
	9 Transition to adulthood in Estonia	249
	10 The process of globalization and transitions to adulthood in Britain	287
	11 The transition to adulthood in Canada	317
	12 The case of American women	346
	13 Globalization and the transition to adulthood in Mexico	369
	14 Globalization and the transition to adulthood in Italy	391
	15 The Spanish case	417
	16 Ireland and economic globalization	447
	17 Becoming an adult in uncertain times	470
	Subject Index	492
	Author Index	497
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