Introduction to the Special Section. Mastering Youth Transitions: Italy as a Case for the Contemporary Complexities

Historically youth transitions have been a central feature of how youth studies have conceptualized and theorized the notion of youth. As a result, there is a long and illustrious relationship with how transitions construct and define what it means to be young, especially in the global north. This work established not only that youth was defined as ‘between’ the life course categories of childhood and adulthood, but also suggesting that ‘being young’ was a dynamic process that was catapulting them towards adulthood.