Noting the need for further development of transnational and intercultural childhood and youth research communities of discourse in response to an emerging unified Europe, this volume presents the topics raised at the international conference "Growing Up in Europe" held at the University of Halle-Wittenberg in 1994. Following two introductory chapters (Qvortrup, Chisholm) which describe and critically evaluate European childhood and youth research as a new field of social research, the articles are: (1) "The Value Orientations of Young Europeans" (Cavalli); (2) "Growing Up in Three European Regions" (Buchner and others); (3) "Young People and Employment in the European Community" (Lagree); (4) "Growing Up in Twelve Cities: The Families in which Pupils Live" (Steiner); (5) "The Cultural Modernisation of Childhood" (Zinnecker); (6) "Growing Up in Southern Italy" (Leccardi); (7) "Modern Childhood in the Nordic Countries" (Dencik); (8) "Childhood, Family and New Ways of Life: The Case of Sweden" (Nasman); (9) "Changing Family Transitions: Young People and New Ways of Life in France" (Galland); (10) "From School to Work in a Transitional Society: Changing Patterns in Russia" (Koklyagina); (11) "Gender Segregation in the Estonian Labour Market" (Voormann); (12) "Growing Up and Social Change in Slovenia" (Ule); (13) "Young Londoners' Accounts of 'Race' and Nation" (Phoenix); (14) "Political-Moral Attitudes amongst Young People in Post-Communist Hungary" (Toth); (15) "Growing Up on the EU-Periphery: Portugal (Pais); "(16) "Gendered Youth Transitions in Northern Greece" (Deliyannis-Kouimtzi and Ziogou); (17) "Contradictions of Modern Childhood Within and Outside School" (Preuss-Lausitz); (18) "Youth Culture in Transition to Post-Modernity: Finland" (Lahteenmaa); (19) "Childhood and Poverty: From the Children's Point of View" (Saporiti); (20) "Rumanian Childhood and Youth Research and Policy in Transition" (Minulescu); (21) "Young People and Social Transformation: Associative Life in Post-Communist and Independent Slovakia" (Machacek); and (22) "The Politics of Childhood, Children's Rights and the UN Convention: (Sunker). The volume also includes statements made to initiate a public forum debate which concluded the conference: (1) "Challenges for Childhood and Youth Policy in European Context" (du Bois-Reymond); (2) "Perspectives for Child and Youth Oriented Policy in the FRG (Karsten); (3) "On the Young Generation's Situation in the Transformation of Czech Society" (Dubsky); (4) "Problems and Challenges in Developing European Youth Policies (Chisholm); and (5) "Youth Policy in the European Union" (Sellin). Contains approximately 440 references. (EV)