Youths and Varieties of Globalism in Asia: an Editorial Introduction.

How global and local forces play out in affecting youths in different places is a most intriguing question for researchers concerned with youths in an era of globalization. The challenge is to develop systematic conceptions to compare and understand the agencies and meanings of global and local practices by young people. This special issue, titled "Youths and varieties of globalism in Asia", can be seen as an endeavor to fulfill this goal. Four articles collected herein offer new empirical findings and explore new frontiers across Japan, Taiwan and Australia. They together represent a feast of innovative ways to examine the links between young people and globalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]