Recent attention from the public, national governments, and international organizations to issues such as youth social exclusion, poverty, school underachievement, school violence, gang activity, sexuality, and youth#xE2;#xAC;"s interactions with media and the internet, have all contributed to youth studies emergence as a significant interdisciplinary field of study. Yet, no volume exists that systematically presents and puts into dialogue the field#xE2;#xAC;"s areas of focus and approaches to research. Keywords in Youth Studiesis a cutting-edge title from leading scholars in the field that functions as a unique blend of introductory textbook, reference guide to key concepts, and critical assessment of the state of the field. Through scholarly yet accessible conceptual essays, the volume interrogates the key concepts and commonsense approach of youth studies, promising new perspectives on developments, discourses, and methods. Volume contributors include internationally-renowned research experts on youth studies and its multiple related subfields. Seven section introductory essays present theoretically informed, interdisciplinary interrogations of the field#xE2;#xAC;"s assumptions, practices, purposes, and possibilities. Each is then followed by six-eight "keywords," shorter essays by leading international experts that explore significant analytical terms, themes, and categories for youth studies. A must-read course book for graduate students, faculty, and researchers across a range of disciplines in education and the social sciences, this extraordinary new book is certain to draw together and consolidate the dispersed field of youth studies new and exciting ways.