Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview / Margaret Robertson and Sirpa Tani -- Young people's voices : an Australian perspective / Margaret Robertson -- Chilean young students visioning their futures / Ximena Cortés-Quezada and Osvaldo Muñiz-Solari -- Young students visioning their futures as citizens of Colombia / Ruth Quiroz-Posada and Osvaldo Muñiz-Solari -- Finnish young people / Taina Kaivola and Hannele Rikkinen -- Student voices in Nairobi, Kenya / Sarah Vohya and Molly Warrington -- Voices in Singapore : young people visioning their futures / Geok Chin Ivy Tan -- The world and its future through the eyes of Taiwan's youth / Che-Ming (Jeremy) Chen -- Thinking about the future? young people's perspectives from the Netherlands / Tine Béneker and Ilona Wevers -- Young voices from the United Kingdom : a study of contrasts / Margaret Robertson, Rex Walford and Molly Warrington -- Visioning their futures as citizens of the United States of America and the world / Osvaldo Muñiz-Solari and Carmen Brysch -- The everyday life of young people / Sirpa Tani and Margaret Robertson -- Final comment / Margaret Robertson and Sirpa Tani.