1 Contested practices, power and pedagogies of young people in public spaces: an introduction. Axel Pohl, Janet Batsleer, Patricia Loncle and Andreas Walther 2 Researching youth participation - theoretical and methodological limitations of existing research and innovative perspectives Andreas Walther, Axel Pohl, Patricia Loncle, Nigel Patrick Thomas 3 Discourses of youth participation in Europe. National and transnational perspectives Valerie Becquet, Siyka Kovacheva, Boris Popivanov, Torbjörn Forkby 4 Do youth policies matter? National and local youth policies as contexts of Youth participation Patricia Loncle, Morena Cuconato, Dario Tuorto, Björn Andersson 5 "This is a compressed political system." Ambivalences of formal youth participation Demet Lüküslü, Alexandre Pais, Dario Tuorto, Andreas Walther 6 Young people''s appropriation of public space: participation through voice, sociability and activity Björn Andersson, Christian Reutlinger, Patricia Roth, Dominic Zimmermann xx 7 Making a home in the city: how young people take part in the urban space Valeria Piro, Nicola de Luigi, Christian Reutlinger, Dominic Zimmermann 8 Examining styles of youth participation in institutionalised settings as accumulation of capital forms Zulmir Becevic, Berrin Osmanoglu, Boris Popivanov, Harriet Rowley xx 9 Participation and everyday life: emerging meanings in youth cultural practices Ilaria Pitti, Yagmur Mengilli, Alessandro Martelli, Patricia Loncle xx 10 The interplay between life trajectories and participation careers Morena Cuconato, Silvia Demozzi, Valérie Becquet xx 11 Participation biographies: meaning-making, identity-work and the self Grainne McMahon, Susanne Liljeholm Hansson, Larissa von Schwanenflügel, Jessica Lütgens, Marta Ilardo 12 Everyday pedagogies: New perspectives on youth participation, social learning and citizenship Barry Percy-Smith, Nigel Patrick Thomas, Janet Batsleer, Torbjörn Forkby xx 13 Struggle over participation: Towards a grounded theory of youth participation Janet Batsleer, Andreas Walther, Demet Lüküslü Lüküslü, Alexandre Pais, Dario Tuorto, Andreas Walther 6 Young people''s appropriation of public space: participation through voice, sociability and activity Björn Andersson, Christian Reutlinger, Patricia Roth, Dominic Zimmermann xx 7 Making a home in the city: how young people take part in the urban space Valeria Piro, Nicola de Luigi, Christian Reutlinger, Dominic Zimmermann 8 Examining styles of youth participation in institutionalised settings as accumulation of capital forms Zulmir Becevic, Berrin Osmanoglu, Boris Popivanov, Harriet Rowley xx 9 Participation and everyday life: emerging meanings in youth cultural practices Ilaria Pitti, Yagmur Mengilli, Alessandro Martelli, Patricia Loncle xx 10 The interplay between life trajectories and participation careers Morena Cuconato, Silvia Demozzi, Valérie Becquet xx 11 Participation biographies: meaning-making, identity-work and the self Grainne McMahon, Susanne Liljeholm Hansson, Larissa von Schwanenflügel, Jessica Lütgens, Marta Ilardo 12 Everyday pedagogies: New perspectives on youth participation, social learning and citizenship Barry Percy-Smith, Nigel Patrick Thomas, Janet Batsleer, Torbjörn Forkby xx 13 Struggle over participation: Towards a grounded theory of youth participation Janet Batsleer, Andreas Walther, Demet Lüküslü rplay between life trajectories and participation careers Morena Cuconato, Silvia Demozzi, Valérie Becquet xx 11 Participation biographies: meaning-making, identity-work and the self Grainne McMahon, Susanne Liljeholm Hansson, Larissa von Schwanenflügel, Jessica Lütgens, Marta Ilardo 12 Everyday pedagogies: New perspectives on youth participation, social learning and citizenship Barry Percy-Smith, Nigel Patrick Thomas, Janet Batsleer, Torbjörn Forkby xx 13 Struggle over participation: Towards a grounded theory of youth participation Janet Batsleer, Andreas Walther, Demet Lüküslü.