ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book reviews three broad themes: the inadequacy of exaggerating and essentializing ethnicity in this context; the variety of youth values and identities among Southeast European youth; and the value of bottom-up studies revealing youth as barometers of change. It focuses on to the importance of political involvement of young people, which is categorically different than that of previous generations. The book discusses the theoretical significance of age-group values and identities is tremendous in relation to globalization. One of the unfortunate effects of the overemphasis and essentialization of ethnicity has been the neglect of the globalization of Southeast Europe. The book describes the ways in which political participation of youth has affected or complicated generational identities, attesting to changing patterns of political involvement and its implication for mobilization efforts.
