Monografiya posvyashchena chrezvychayno vazhnoy probleme sotsializatsii molodezhi v zapadnykh stranakh, okhvatyvayushchaya prakticheski vsyu zhizn'. Avtory provodyat sravnitel'nyy analiz protsessa sotsializatsii molodezhi v ekonomicheski razvitykh zapadnykh stranakh, obladayushchikh odnim yazykom, no raznymi kul'turami. Oni obrashchayut vnimanie na problemy v sotsializatsii molodezhi, s kotorymi stalkivayutsya mnogie sotsial'nye instituty i pokazyvayu puti resheniya etikh slozhnykh voprosov, kotorye predprinimayutsya v etikh sotsiumakh. Issledovateli obrashchayut vnimanie na obshchie i spetsificheskie osobennosti sotsializatsii molodezhi, kotorye mozhno nablyudat' v Velikobritanii, SShA i Novoy Zelandii. Avtory ispol'zuyut rezul'taty svoikh mnogoletnikh issledovaniy v etikh sotsiumakh, materialy otechestvennykh i zapadnykh uchenykh, a takzhe ryada aspirantov i studentov, kotorye rabotali pod ikh nauchnym rukovodstvom. Izdanie prednaznacheno pedagogam,a takzhe vsem tem, kto spetsializiruetsya v oblasti sravnitel'noy pedagogiki i drugikh gumanitarnykh naukakh.