Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vi
4. 1. The generation wars 1
5. 2. Boomer-blaming: An elite bloodsport 18
6. 3. Dramatising the crisis 38
7. 4. What’s so special about generations? 61
8. 5. Generation fables and the ‘end of history’ 87
9. 6. Millennial fears 113
10. 7. ‘Youthquakes’ and the politicisation of generational identity 139
11. 8. ‘Democratic deficits’ and the tyranny of ‘future generations’ 165
12. 9. Ambivalent adulthood 190
13. 10. Social insecurities and grown-up policy-making 211
14. Notes 227
15. Bibliography 247
16. Index 253