1. Introduction -- 2. Youth transitions in theoretical perspective -- 3. Youth transitions in the post-Soviet context -- 4. Managing transitions : the IVET system in Ul'ianovsk Oblast' -- 5. Virtual transitions : from 'inheritance' to individualization -- 6. 'Learning to learn' : making and breaking educational transitions -- 7. Re-embedding transitions : social networks and role-playing -- 8. Conclusion
Summary
This book explores the changing nature of growing-up working-class in post-Soviet Russia in a time of economic reform. Based on extensive research, it analyses the strategies of contemporary vocational education graduates and€highlights their€significance for wider processes of social change and social stratification in post-Soviet Russia