This book works through common-sense understandings of young people's behaviours and the places they occupy. Drawing upon research from a range of contexts, including Europe, North America and Australasia, this text demonstrates the complex ways in which young people creatively shape, contest and resist their engagements with different places and identities. Engaging with research conducted with young people this book includes a broad range of topics: youth transitions; pub and club culture; political participation; media representation; and, family relations.